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The Box class can create several kinds of invisible components that
affect layout: glue, struts, and rigid areas. If all the components
your Box contains have a fixed size, you might want to use a glue
component (returned by createGlue) to control the components' positions.
If you need a fixed amount of space between two components, try using a
strut (createHorizontalStrut or createVerticalStrut). If you need an
invisible component that always takes up the same amount of space, get
it by invoking createRigidArea.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reynshteyn, Leonid [mailto:leonid.reynshteyn at gs.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 11:30 AM
> To: advanced-java at xcf.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Layout Management & XML.
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I am working on a Java applet that would create the graphical 
> layout based
> on an XML template that defines which components should 
> appear on the screen
> (displayed by the applet).
> The XML does not specify any appearance-specific attributes 
> for simplicity,
> just component names/content information. The ordering of 
> components on the
> screen will be specified by the order in which they appear in 
> that XML file.
> I would like to use Java Swing for this.
> 
> Question: It seems like FlowLayout is the natural fit for 
> this kind of task.
> However, based on what I've read so far, it may not even display some
> components if the user minimizes the browser window and 
> overall, there's
> virtually no control over layout of components. I want to have some
> constraints so the screen look nice with all the buttons, 
> textfields, panels
> appearing in approximately right place. 
> 
> My idea is to divide the screen into several fixed-sized 
> panels and lay
> components out in the panels using FlowLayout.
> 
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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