| GridBagLayour editor? [message #4544] |
Mon, 24 November 2003 16:57  |
Eclipse User |
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Hi,
I've just downloaded ve and it seems promising, but... without a
GridBagLayout visual editor like the one provided with Netbeans, how can I
design a good user interface? Basic layout managers just are not good
enough and using them in combination to produce complex forms results in
slower user interfaces...
Maybe I'm just missing the activate that editor? For the other
layouts seems to be automatic...
Anyway, keep up with the good job :-)
Andrea
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| Re: GridBagLayour editor? [message #4955 is a reply to message #4544] |
Tue, 25 November 2003 01:56  |
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Hi Andrea!
Well, you can test this:
You have a new JPanel where you want put your
components. May be this new panel haves a
FlowLayout assigned by default.
1. Set a null layout to this panel.
2. Put your components in the panel. For example,
several JLabel and JTextField pairs. Use the
align tool to lay out the components.
3. Execute the application and resize the Window.
The behaviour is not correct because we have
a stupid null layout. So, we want to change
it to a GridBagLayout.
4. Select the JPanel and set a GridBagLayout.
VE is smart and assigns intelligent constraints
to the components. Execute now the application
and resize the Window.
There is not a GridBagLayout editor, but I think
this method is very, very useful.
Francesc Rosés
Andrea Aime wrote:
> Hi,
> I've just downloaded ve and it seems promising, but... without a
> GridBagLayout visual editor like the one provided with Netbeans, how can I
> design a good user interface? Basic layout managers just are not good
> enough and using them in combination to produce complex forms results in
> slower user interfaces...
> Maybe I'm just missing the activate that editor? For the other
> layouts seems to be automatic...
> Anyway, keep up with the good job :-)
> Andrea
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| Re: GridBagLayour editor? [message #6362 is a reply to message #4544] |
Fri, 28 November 2003 15:35 |
| Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: mendelgili.netscape.net
Andrea Aime wrote:
> Hi,
> I've just downloaded ve and it seems promising, but... without a
> GridBagLayout visual editor like the one provided with Netbeans, how can I
> design a good user interface? Basic layout managers just are not good
> enough and using them in combination to produce complex forms results in
> slower user interfaces...
>
> Maybe I'm just missing the activate that editor? For the other
> layouts seems to be automatic...
>
> Anyway, keep up with the good job :-)
>
> Andrea
Yes. There is no meaningful Gridbag support in this version of VE,
though full support exists in the Visual Editor for Java (The WebSphere
Studio version VE is based on).
We could not release this feature at this time as IBM has recently filed
a few patents in this area. It is just a matter of time before this
feature will make its way into open source.
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| Re: GridBagLayour editor? [message #568999 is a reply to message #4544] |
Tue, 25 November 2003 01:56 |
| Eclipse User |
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Hi Andrea!
Well, you can test this:
You have a new JPanel where you want put your
components. May be this new panel haves a
FlowLayout assigned by default.
1. Set a null layout to this panel.
2. Put your components in the panel. For example,
several JLabel and JTextField pairs. Use the
align tool to lay out the components.
3. Execute the application and resize the Window.
The behaviour is not correct because we have
a stupid null layout. So, we want to change
it to a GridBagLayout.
4. Select the JPanel and set a GridBagLayout.
VE is smart and assigns intelligent constraints
to the components. Execute now the application
and resize the Window.
There is not a GridBagLayout editor, but I think
this method is very, very useful.
Francesc Rosés
Andrea Aime wrote:
> Hi,
> I've just downloaded ve and it seems promising, but... without a
> GridBagLayout visual editor like the one provided with Netbeans, how can I
> design a good user interface? Basic layout managers just are not good
> enough and using them in combination to produce complex forms results in
> slower user interfaces...
> Maybe I'm just missing the activate that editor? For the other
> layouts seems to be automatic...
> Anyway, keep up with the good job :-)
> Andrea
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| Re: GridBagLayour editor? [message #570050 is a reply to message #4544] |
Fri, 28 November 2003 15:35 |
| Eclipse User |
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Andrea Aime wrote:
> Hi,
> I've just downloaded ve and it seems promising, but... without a
> GridBagLayout visual editor like the one provided with Netbeans, how can I
> design a good user interface? Basic layout managers just are not good
> enough and using them in combination to produce complex forms results in
> slower user interfaces...
>
> Maybe I'm just missing the activate that editor? For the other
> layouts seems to be automatic...
>
> Anyway, keep up with the good job :-)
>
> Andrea
Yes. There is no meaningful Gridbag support in this version of VE,
though full support exists in the Visual Editor for Java (The WebSphere
Studio version VE is based on).
We could not release this feature at this time as IBM has recently filed
a few patents in this area. It is just a matter of time before this
feature will make its way into open source.
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