Re: Re: Having trouble resizing and moving GUI components in the editor.

"Michael Ruflin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.user-interface
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi

> Its using the Absolute Layout. I don't like any of the other styles of
> layouts so far.Otherwise the only use I found with them is to make
> menus, tool bars and status bars; the rest I end up putting panels and
> then more layouts like absolute or more grids.

Well, that's the way it works...
The upside of this is a resizable GUI, normally a must...

> When I try and move them around in the window, that works fine. If I try
> and resize one, using the top/bottom or right/left (or even corners) it
> just moves the box around, it doesn't resize it. This makes it difficult
> for me to try and design something that looks good and works well.

Sorry, can't reproduce :(
I suggest you to try GridBagLayout.
1. Set the layout to GBLayout
2. Add all Components you want to layout
3. Select the Panel, right click, and choose "Customize Layout..."

Bye,

Michael
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