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Paul wrote:

> Could someone give me a clue as to thy this may be happening?
> 
> It's simple.  I have 3-4 items on the Design tab.  Let's say, a 
> button, 2 text labels and a text field.  I select them all, right
> click "align left", run it and a couple of the objects 'disappear'
> from the window both on the run and back on the Design tab.  They
> are in the source - nothing changed - they just don't render
> anymore.

The fact that you are using "align left" leads me to
believe that you are using the XYLayout layout manager.
That's fine for getting things initially laid out, but
you are encouraged to switch to some other layout
before running.  My guess is that the coordinates
for the objects which disappear are somehow getting
set to some location off screen.

Take the time to learn how to use the GridBagLayout.
Yes, it is difficult, but the rewards will more than
compensate for the slight pain of being disciplined
to learn it.


Also, you don't mention which version of JBuilder
you are using.  If it is 2005, make sure that you
have downloaded and installed the most recent
update (update 4, I believe).  With 2005, the
UI designer is new and there were some significant
issues with it which were mostly corrected in the
various updates that have been released.


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