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1. Positioning in java swing stackoverflow.com

I have some troubles with positioning my label/password field.
With this code they both get positioned in the center next to each other, while I actually want them in the middle ...

2. Java Swing positioning elements differently in different operating systems stackoverflow.com

I have written a Java Desktop Application that runs in Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu and Open Suse. I am having issues with is positioning thing differently in Linux. I developed the ...

3. How to detect the position of the system tray with java? stackoverflow.com

i have to detect the position of the systemTray with java. I already placed an icon in the tray but don't know if its possible to get the position of that ...

4. Calculating "nice" looking position for divider in JSplitPane stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to use setDividerLocation on JSplitPane to size the two panels in a "best size" fashion so that the vertical scroll bar doesn't appear in the top panel. The ...

5. Positioning string in graphic + java stackoverflow.com

I am trying to write an integer number inside the graphic figure and want it positioning to always be at the center. Is there any way to do so? Currently I am writing ...

6. Fix swing element position relative to parent stackoverflow.com

I have layered pane in swing application and in that layered pane I am displaying another pane. I have used setBounds method of pane to display pane in right bottom corner ...

7. Freely position Swing elements stackoverflow.com

Why are there these stupid layout managers which position my stuff. I can understand doing that on mobile platforms, where there're many different device sizes. But that's not my target. I ...

8. Clojure + Swing absolute positioning problems stackoverflow.com

I'm writing a small app where I want absolute positioning - I can get what I wan't with seemingly an ugly workaround, however I would like to know how I can ...

9. How to best position Swing GUI's stackoverflow.com

In another thread I stated that I liked to center my GUI's by doing something like this:

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Foo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(new HexagonGrid());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);

But Andrew Thompson had a different opinion, to instead ...

10. Job position available coderanch.com

11. Caret Position coderanch.com

12. Caret position coderanch.com

i am developing a text editor application. in the status bar i am planning to display the caret position - row, column. i found out the method getCaretPosition() - but this method returns the position from the top of the document... i want the line number where the caret is placed and the column where it is placed. i know writing ...

13. tooltips position coderanch.com

14. i need to position my Caret coderanch.com

15. Rectangle2D positioning coderanch.com

16. POSITIONING IMAGEICON coderanch.com

17. Absolute Positioning making doubles coderanch.com

Hi all, I need absolute positioning here and ive set the bounds for a new jlabel and subsequently "add"ed it. it adds it perfectly in the right spot, but additionally draws one at the top centre as if i didnt specify any bounds. I think it has something to with the repainting. sometimes, it draws only one at the top, sometimes ...

18. GridBagLayout positioning coderanch.com

Hiya Folks ! I'm having trouble figuring out how to place some components using GridBagLayout inside a panel. By using GridBagConstraints and its gridwidth and gridheight properties I was able to get the number of columns I wanted (just one), now I'd like to ask you guys if you know a way to place my components near the top-left corner. Here ...

19. get position in string from caret position java-forums.org

Hello, Maybe there's some simple solution to this but I've been searching for some time and couldn't find any: When you read getCaretPosition from JEditorPane, the position will not correspond to the string's index from getText, if you use "text/html" to display HTML. E.g. if you have the text "hello" and the cursor is between the h and e, the caret ...

20. A componenet positioning problem java-forums.org

Q1. Componenets (JRadioButtons) appear out of position when the screen resolution is switched. They either move to far right or go off screen completely. Components should appear in Centre. JPanel Layout Manager is Groupedlayout and is inside a JTabbedPane which itself is within the JDialog. Q.2. I have 2 classes (Jframe and JDiolog) when the main app is fired up (Jframe) ...

21. BorderFactory to set position? java-forums.org

Hi! I defined a BoxLayout JPanel because I need to show in this order: a checkbox a textfield another checkbox another texfield and this works fine: JPanel jPanelBoEx = new JPanel(); jPanelVars.add(jPanelBoEx, BorderLayout.LINE_START); jPanelBoEx.setLayout(new BoxLayout(jPanelBoEx, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS)); jPanelBoEx.add(jchkbox1); jPanelBoEx.add(jTextField1); jPanelBoEx.add(jchkbox2); jPanelBoEx.add(jTextField2); But I need not to show them in the center, they must be shifted some position to the right so I ...