Re: New to swing, need gui layout help
CJ wrote:
I have been using java for years, now I need to go gui work. I am
having a Dickens of a time trying to grasp the swing layout managers,
specifically how to control placement on screen.
I am not looking for an IDE, but want to gain a better understanding
of the mechanics of how the layout managers "decide" to layout
components. Most references I have found only parrot what the API
javadocs , which are terse as best.
Does anyone have real world examples of laying out java swing UIs?
I am sure I will be flamed for this general, newbie question, assuming
somewhere on this group this question has been asked and answered.
Sorry in advance.
The Java Tutorial at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
is as good a place as any to start learning.
I also found the http://java.sun.com/developer/ article
"Effective Layout Management: Short Course" to be helpful.
If all else fails, Google Java layout manager and browse
the two and a half million hits it turns up. Even if Sturgeon's
Law holds, there's a quarter-million useful links among them.
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Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid