Re: Using flow layout

Look at the sample code:

I.e.
swixml/samples/ClientAttr.java
swixml/xml/clientattr.xml

/**
  * The ClientAttr shows in the usage of client attributes in swixml 
tags.
  *
...


On Dec 3, 2003, at 1:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> What about custom attributes?  Is Swixml going to have a way to add 
> custom attributes in a similar way as custom tags?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolf Paulus [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:26 AM
> To: List for Users of Carlsbad Cubes' Technologies and Products
> Subject: Re: [Forum] Using flow layout
>
>
> 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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