gui designer video?

[makc]

hi, I tried gui designer but, as with java builder that I tried years
ago, I could not figure how the hell do you make ui look like what you
want. buttons that get spread over all the form and those 9 little
squares around them that mimic flash transform tool but cannot really
be dragged, are nothing but confusing.

so, if anyone have some video explaining these java gui concepts (how
so you make WxH button at X,Y) please post.

[iiley]

If you know LayoutManagers, you'll get it works very well.

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[Makc]

I have layout button showing "default" disabled in properties, no
matter what I do. I was told I need to use absolute layout, but cant
seem to enable that in gui editor.

And, well, I do not want to layout things in code, if you mean that. I
saw gui editor and thought "great, let's give it a try".... but
failed.

[iiley]

Hi Makc,

Because the JPanel's default layout is FlowLayout, so you can't do absolute position for its children, if you want, try to select a EmptyLayout for your JPanel, and then buttons in that Panel can be absolute layouted.

[Makc]

great, that helped. thanks.