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Tor:

I'm really good with GBL, but unless the container has fewer then 5
widgets in it I don't start in GBL!  I just don't leave things in XY or
null, either <g>.  GBL gets very complex when we have to estimate on
drag events to get sizing and weights, etc.  If you want to work with
GBL directly, I'd suggest just dropping components (getting the
preferred size) and then adding rows and columns for expansion.  After
that, adjust spans, pads, etc. to get things just right.  We're pretty
good at estimating/interpreting those drag and drop items, but there's
no way to always be right.

-Rich

Tor Iver Wilhelmsen wrote:
> 
> "Sohan Mendis" <sohan@maxtrak.com> writes:
> 
> > I need to convert XYLayout to Gridbag programmatically. ie I have ( x,y,
> > width,height) . How should I do the conversion ?
> 
> It's a bit complicated: You need to use every component's relative
> position (x,y) to determine what cell they go in, and then use no
> fill, no weights, northeast attachment and internal padding equal to
> the size minus the insets.
> 
> It can be done (obviously, since JBuilder's designer does it), but why
> not use GBL in the first place?

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