Re: How to align swing buttons vertically ?
On 11/13/2011 08:17 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
They aligned as I'd expect:
- btnPanel is sized to contain the buttons and nothing else
and is placed as you asked, on the east side of the content pane.
- The buttons have their centres aligned.
I don't understand what you mean by "not well aligned":
- If you want the buttons to appear as other than a close-packed block,
take a look at "How to use BoxLayout" in the Java tutorial. It is also
referenced from the the class description in the BoxLayout javadocs
entry.
- If you want all buttons to be the same size, use a custom class in
place of JButton:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class MyButton extends JButton
{
public MyButton(String label)
{
super(label);
Dimension d = new Dimension(120, 30);
setMinimumSize(d);
setMaximumSize(d);
setPreferredSize(d);
}
}
Hi,
With "my version", I have (at least on my machine):
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| button 1 |
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| button 2 |
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| Long Button 3 |
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| button 4 |
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| button 5 |
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With "yours" (at least the one I post with the BoxLayout):
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| button 1 |
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| button 2 |
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| Long Button 3 |
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| button 4 |
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| button 5 |
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