| Abstractics XmlPanel | |
| A flexible Java Swing Runtime Layout Manager | Current Version: 1.1 |
General
Documentation
- Quick Start
- Layout Concepts
- Layout Examples
- Floating Components
- Component Factory
- Misc Properties
- Converter Utility
- JavaDoc
Floating Components
Layout managers are extremely beneficial for dealing with window resizing and arranging components in a logical manner. But sometimes you just want to tell a component exactly where to be placed and what size it should be. With version 1.1 of the XmlPanel, you can now do exactly that.
The <comp> Element
The format for the XML in a layout has a series of <row> tags as children to the
parent <panel> tag. You can now also create <comp> tags as
children as well. This tag is used to specify a "floating" component. A component that is placed
directly where you tell it to be placed.
The <comp> element requires an attribute called bounds. Bounds specify
the X/Y location of the top/left corner of the component, along with the width and height of the
component. For example, the following would place a button component with its top/left corner at
position (20,30), with a width of 150 pixels, and a height of 50 pixels:
<comp type="button" bounds="20,30,150,50" font="Arial,bold,14">Some Button</comp>This is the text that comes next.