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Resize does not force layout
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A. Bolmarcich
Sep 19, 2001, 10:22:01 AM9/19/01
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In article <9oa3aj$1632$1...@news.net.uni-c.dk>, Bo...@leonhardresearch.dk wrote:
> When I resize a JFrame (or a JDialog) using setBounds, those frames are
> not laid out. Even calling doLayout() doesn't work. Nothing really happens
> until I click the border of the Frame with the mouse. Maybe I've
> misunderstood something, but I thought layout was called whenever
> properties like size and location changed ...
> When I resize a JFrame (or a JDialog) using setBounds, those frames are
> not laid out. Even calling doLayout() doesn't work. Nothing really happens
> until I click the border of the Frame with the mouse. Maybe I've
> misunderstood something, but I thought layout was called whenever
> properties like size and location changed ...
The doLayout() method layouts the components in the container on
which it is invoked. You want to invoke validate() after setBounds.
The validate() method layouts the components in the container and
recursively layouts those components that are containers.
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