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Re: grid for swing-design

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From: Thomas Abbrederis
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 00:00
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Hi Bill!!

Thx for reply!!
I would try your Suggestion!!

Have a nice day!!

Ciao Tom!!

rwilkman <rwilkman@inprise.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
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> Bill:
>
> Ah, I misread the question.
>
> You can get a grid if you use GridBagLayout but it's not like the
> "showdots" concept familiar to co-ordinate based layout users.
>
> -Rich
>
> Bill Joy wrote:
> >
> > No, the UI designer does not have an option to draw a grid on the design
> > surface to help with component positioning.  Doing rigid layouts is
> > generally a bad idea -- you should tell the container layout manager
> > where a component belongs in relation to other components instead.  This
> > allows you to successfully handle look & feel changes as well as
> > localization where translated strings would otherwise be clipped.
> >
> > Thomas Abbrederis wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello!!
> > > I have a question, i got the JBuilder3 from the Homepage, and now I
wanna
> > > design a Swing-based Application, is it possible to get a grid in the
> > > Designer?!? Like in Visual Cafe!!
> > > Because in the other way, without a grid it is very hard to design!
> > >
> > > Thanks for reply!!
> > >
> > > Have a nice day!
> > > Ciao Tom!!
>
> --
> =====
> Rich Wilkman
> Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
> JBuilder Team
>
> If something in this post looks like an opinion, walks like an
> opinion and quacks like an opinion, it's mine and not that of
> my employer.
>
> If you are reading this from a newsgroup post, don't send mail.
> =====
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