layout-manager

How to add JTable in JPanel with null layout?

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Nested/Combination Layout Example The Java Tutorial has comprehensive information on using layout managers. See the Laying Out Components Within a Container lesson for further details. One aspect of layouts that is not covered well by the tutorial is that of nested layouts, putting one layout inside another to get complex effects. The following code puts … Read more

Should I avoid the use of set(Preferred|Maximum|Minimum)Size methods in Java Swing?

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Should I completely avoid the use of those methods? Yes for application code. The methods have been defined for a reason. So when should I use them? In which context? For what purposes? I don’t know, personally I think of it as an API design accident. Slightly forced by compound components having special ideas about … Read more