Re: Using flow layout

you don't even have to do that much.
just instantiate your object in SWIXML and then in your java code apply 
the custom layout manager to the appropriate object.

-Kate

Wolf Paulus wrote:

> Steve,
> This  is not entirely true. You can have custom LayoutManagers but 
> need to register them in the TabLibrary. Moreover, you would have to 
> write a Converter.
>
> Anyway, it has been widely recognized that the way layouts are handled 
> in Swixml is far from optimal and the 1st release of Swixml 2 will 
> have layouts promoted from an attribute to a tag.
>
> Please also look at Swixml web site, for some newly added sample.
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2003, at 9:10 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> But you can't extend the layout system that Swixml uses to use your 
>> own custom layout managers without changing the core code.  So you 
>> are stuck with only using the swing layouts.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kate rhodes [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:25 AM
>> To: List for Users of Carlsbad Cubes' Technologies and Products
>> Subject: Re: [Forum] Using flow layout
>>
>>
>> Unlike Thinlet SWIXML doesn't do it's own layout system. It uses Swing
>> classes for everything. It supports it exactly as well as the version of
>> java you are using supports it.
>>
>>
>>
>> You can use ANY Swing layout you want. There aren't tags for them but
>> there is nothing to stop you from applying a layout in java to the
>> objects generated by SWIXML.
>>
>> There is no "best layout". You use whatever layout is most appropriate
>> to the needs of your interface.
>>
>> again... swixml DOES NOT have ANY layout managers of it's own. It uses
>> the layout managers in Swing. All SWIXML does is map XML to Swing
>> objects and instantiate those Swing objects with the attributes
>> specified in your XML via getters and setters.
>>
>> -Kate
>>
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>    I had used thinlet for a quite a while and when i started using
>>>    swixml i find that the support for flow layout is not that great in
>>> swixml.
>>>
>>>     can anyone suggest what is the best layout to use with swixml
>>>      and can i use flow layout the same way as i do in thinlet.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Akhil
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