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Vasudevan:

I'd start with the info on layout managers in the online help. 
Usually a successful layout is composed of several different layout
managers, each doing what they do best.  Start by sketching out your
dialog and deciding if it makes sense for certain clusters to be on
their own panels, etc.

By using a non-coordinate based layout manager like XY, you get the
sizing behaviour and support under different resoultions for "free". 

-Rich

Vasudevan Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Thanks. You are right. it was XYLayout that was causing most of the problems. when
> using it, there are other problems as well when run in different resolutions. For
> eg I run an applet under NS in a different resolution, for which my checkboxes
> didnt respond to a click ! I had to (arbitrarily) adjust XY positions for the
> applet to respond to clicks.
> 
> Said that, can any one suggest the best layout to use for dialog boxes given that
> it will contain textfields, labels, checkboxes, comboboxes, option groups in a
> conceivable complex fashion, in swing ? Even when I use layouts, I still have to
> set the preferredSize & minimumSize for the dialog-box to look "proper". Will this
> (using layouts with setting sizes manually) guarantee that the dialog box controls
> wont be affected by different resolutions ? also on different platforms ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Richard Wilkman wrote:
> 
> > There isn't anything you can call on a component that will actually do
> > what you want in this case.  The change is ultimatly the
> > responsibility of the layout manager, so doLayout may do the trick.
> > This, of course, assumes you are using a non-coordinate based layout
> > (the behaviour you describe is exactly what something like XYLayout is
> > supposed to do).
> >
> > -Rich
> >
> > Vasudevan Srinivasan wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > yes, as soon as i posted this msg, i tried both repaint()  and invalidate()
> > > functions. both dont solve the problem. is there anything like the "autosize"
> > > property/method ?
> > > actually, i think the repaint does happen as soon as property is changed. or
> > > else how could the text be redrawn with the font size?
> > >
> > > or lets say, if i extend the JLabel can i override some function which would
> > > allow me to display full text avoiding the "...". which function of JLabel
> > > does this thing exactly?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any info
> > >
> > > Richard Wilkman wrote:
> > >
> > > > Vasudevan:
> > > >
> > > > In the hintsandtips.txt is a tidbit that mentions that JFC items don't
> > > > repaint automaticly when a property set happens.  Usually all you need
> > > > to do after your setText() is a repaint().
> > > >
> > > > The trick is a little less dependable in Applets, but try that first.
> > > >
> > > > -Rich
> > > >
> > > > Vasudevan Srinivasan wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > Im setting the size of a JLabel dynamically from an applet. When the
> > > > > size grows the end of text is replaced by "...". is there any property i
> > > > > need to set ?
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > >
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> > Rich Wilkman
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Rich Wilkman
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Borland JBuilder Team

If you see something that looks like an opinion up there,
it's mine and mine alone.

Mail sent to me from the newsgroups won't bounce but will
be ignored.  If I have time, I'll respond, but you  have
a better chance if you confine your posts to the newsgroups
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