Procedure

This scenario will test out the features and behavior of the BoxLayout manager.

Setup

 

Create a new Visual Class extending JPanel and resize it to take up 3/4ths of the Canvas.  Set the layout of the JPanel to BoxLayout(X_AXIS)

Basic Canvas Manipulation

Choose a JButton from the palette and drop it (without sizing) onto the JPanel.
Verify the JButton is its default size and positioned on the far left horizontally on the JPanel, and the middle vertically.

Set the text of the JButton to "Button" on the Property Sheet (PS)
Select the JButton on the panel, and move the cursor around the border of the button
Verify the cursor changes to Move, and not Resize.
Verify the move dots (corners) but not the resize dots (middle) are shown on the border of the button.

Choose another JButton from the palette and mouse to the right of the JButton on the panel but do not drop.
Verify a vertical black bar indicating the drop position is shown to the right of the JButton.
Move the cursor to the left of the button
Verify the vertical black bar is shown to the left of the JButton. (may be hard to see with border of JPanel)

Drop the JButton anywhere on the panel to the right of the existing button.
Verify the new button is placed directly alongside on the right of the existing button.

Select the new button and set the maximumSize property to 100,100.
You may need to press the "Show Advanced Properties" button on the property sheet to see the maximumSize property.
Verify the button is resized to its maximumSize on the canvas.

Choose a JTextArea from the palette and drop it to the right of the last button.
Verify the text area takes up all the remaining space on the JPanel to the right of the buttons.
Verify the second button is squished graphically back to its default width.

Select the second button and change it's preferredSize to 100,100 on the PS.
Verify the second button resizes to its preferred size on the canvas.

Click and drag the text area over the JPanel.
Verify the vertical black positioning bar indicates a drop position for all areas of the JPanel.

Drop the JTextArea between the two buttons
Verify the components rearrange properly.

In the Beans View, click and drag the first JButton below the JTextArea.
Verify the components rearrange properly.

Note: The following test is specific to JDK 1.3 only and is not supported in JDK 1.4
Click on the JPanel and change the componentOrientation property to RIGHT_TO_LEFT on the PS.
Verify the components are reordered from right to left.

Alignment

Delete the JTextArea and drop a JLabel
Choose each component on the JPanel and set the alignmentY property on each to be 1.0
Verify the components are aligned to the bottom of the JPanel.

Choose each component on the JPanel and set the alignmentY property on each to be 0.0
Verify the components are aligned to the top of the JPanel.

Change the components alignmentY (need to toggle the advanced properties) properties to different values between 1.0 and 0.0.
Verify the components are aligned relative to each other according to the assigned values

Y Axis

Select the JPanel and change the layout to BoxLayout(Y_AXIS)
Verify the components are moved to the top left corner of the JPanel.

Drag a component over the JPanel
Verify a horizontal black bar indicating the drop position is shown at all possible drop positions.

Drop a JTextArea on the JPanel.
Verify the text area expands to fill the available space in the panel.

Conversions to BoxLayout

For each layout other than BoxLayout


Various Tests

Open HorizontalBoxLayoutPage.java, VerticalBoxLayoutPage.java and XAlignmentBoxLayoutPage.java
from swing_layoutmanagers.zip

Verify each appears correctly.