Re: [TCLUG-DEVEL:175] Absolute positioning in Java AWT?

[George Swan <g-swan@maroon.tc.umn.edu>]

Bob:

Don't know if this will help, but the Netbeans manual suggests something
like using Gridbag form to design, and then converting to [absolute] form
format.  (sorry, I don't have it here at work....)

gs

At 08:29 PM 3/14/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Does AWT allow for absolute positioning?
>
>I have a basic graphic and I want to put a TextField in the upper-right
corner
>of the graphic.
>
>No matter what I do I cannot force the TextField into the upper-right
corner. 
>
>I am using g.drawImage() to paint the graphic onto the component. I then try
>to add the TextField, but it always centers it no matter what Layout I use.
>
>This took me 5 minutes to do in X. I see why people complained about Java's
>GUI.
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