On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Robert Perry wrote:
> This sounds like a reasonable plan. I'll try it. Thank you.
>
> I'm happy to see a member of the JBuilder Development Team reading this list.
>
> Paolo Ciccone wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 01:12:26PM -0400, Robert Perry wrote:
> > >
> > > Speaking of Layout Manager problems. Is it just me or is Borland's XYLayout
> > > manager "Evil" in a can? I'm new to GUI in Java, but it seems like a bad path to
> > > go down.
In case anyone is interested, there is a Java layout manager that
implements the "pack" layout manager from Tcl/Tk. It is distributed
as part of the Tcl/Java project, but it works just fine by itself.
If you like the pack layout manager from Tcl/Tk you really should
try it in Java. Send me an email if you want info about how to get it.
later
Mo DeJong
dejong at cs.umn.edu
> > XYLayout was created for a simple reason: to help in designing UI quickly.
> > Try this: use XYLayout, design your Frame then change the LayouManager to
> > GridBagLayout. Tada ! That's why we added XYLayout, as a transitional LM to
> > avoid setting all the parameters for GridBagLayout. Hope this clarify the
> > issue and yes, you are right, using a XY system is evil :).
> >
> > --Paolo
> > JBuilder dev. team.
> > Borland/Inprise
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