[Custom Components] A World Layout manager

A custom layout manager

introduction

Using the layout managers that are supplied with java can result in interfaces that look very ugly. The main problem is that the ui designer has little or no control over the intended positions of the widgets being used. The GridBagLayout comes closest to allowing UI designers to develop good interfaces but is hopelessly complex.

It will be neccessary to use constraints, just like the GridBagLayout manager does. This is unfortunate but neccessary as the interface provided by container is not sufficiently flexible.

Implementation

So here is a WorldLayout manager. press the button to get a frame and then try and resize the frame. This uses the following classes (stacked in the same order):

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A custom layout manager

introduction

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