You don't need the border layout. This is only a tip for the simple usage
in a form.
Using the same strings make it hard for me to read the code and screenshot
without trying it.
If you think there's a bug you can file an issue. Unfortunately you
probably understand we have a deep issue pipeline and it takes us a long
while to evaluate everything.
On Friday, August 21, 2020 at 11:23:10 AM UTC+3 P5music wrote:
> I use BL surrounding a BC because I think I have understood that it
> "encourages" the BC to spread. And other BLs are surrounding.
> It is a trial/error method but now I am stuck.
> I wanted to show you a possible issue: indeed the layout is inverted, what
> is CENTER is at the top and what is NORTH is at the bottom. This could be
> of interest in general if a bug is discovered.
> Back to my layout, text is not important, the BC do not spread, this is
> the problem. If you will test the code, you can also remove something
> redundant, or tweak it, so I have the solution, otherwise it is a bug, this
> is of interest for you anyway, I think, solving this would shed light on
> the subject..
> Thanks in advance
>
> Il giorno venerdì 21 agosto 2020 alle 06:44:38 UTC+2 Shai Almog ha scritto:
>
>> You can nest a border layout in a table cell although I'm not sure what
>> the benefit would be but this is OK.
>>
>> You lost me a bit with all the level of nesting all over the place,
>> reading the code I have no idea how it should look by now and since
>> everything is conveniently named "Multiline text" my brain is stack
>> overflowing..
>>
>> I suggest opening this in Component Inspector and looking at the sizes of
>> each component in the hierarchy. Where they were placed and why.
>> On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 12:07:48 PM UTC+3 P5music wrote:
>>
>>> You have to see the attached image, that corresponds to the code below:
>>> you can see an inverted layout, indeed the instructions text is at the
>>> bottom, while it is added NORTH to the form. And what you see at the top is
>>> added CENTER. I was trying some changes and stumbled into this. Am I wrong?
>>> Is this an issue?
>>>
>>> As to my real code, I am not using CENTER constraint in the TL. Just
>>> each cell is a BL container with the BC inside, I used this scheme for
>>> another layout and it worked.
>>> If you mean that the TL should not be CENTER in a BL, also if I put it
>>> in a BoxLayout.y the layout does not work.
>>> 100% height is not harmful I think because there is just one row,
>>> however I removed it.
>>> the form was set not scrollable.
>>> But still the BC do not take the space.
>>>
>>> Here's the code that I talked about. If I am not wrong this could be an
>>> issue.
>>> Anyway can you suggest some tweaks using it as a starting point, said
>>> that the intended layout is that the two BCs are at the bottom and they are
>>> expanded to show full text?
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> private void createForm()
>>> {
>>> Command backCommand=new Command("Back") {
>>> @Override
>>> public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
>>> parentForm.showBack();
>>> }
>>> };
>>>
>>> this.setScrollable(false);
>>> getToolbar().setBackCommand(backCommand);
>>>
>>> setTitle(formTitle);
>>> Container mainContainer=new Container();
>>>
>>> mainContainer.setLayout(BoxLayout.y());
>>>
>>> TableLayout tl=new TableLayout(1,2);
>>> Container tableContainer=new Container();
>>> tableContainer.setLayout(tl);
>>>
>>>
>>> Container centerContainerLeft=new Container(new BorderLayout());
>>> Container centerContainerRight=new Container(new BorderLayout());
>>>
>>> SpanLabel textArea=new SpanLabel();
>>>
>>> textArea.setText("Multiline text\nMultiline text\nMultiline
>>> text\nMultiline text\n");
>>> add(BorderLayout.NORTH,textArea);
>>>
>>>
>>> BrowserComponent textAreaLeft=new BrowserComponent();
>>>
>>> textAreaLeft.setPage("<HTML><BODY><DIV
>>> style='overflow-x:scroll;'>"+"Multiline Text</BR>Multiline
>>> Text</BR>Multiline Text</BR>Multiline Text</BR></DIV><BODY></HTML>","");
>>> centerContainerLeft.add(BorderLayout.CENTER,textAreaLeft);
>>>
>>> BrowserComponent textAreaRight=new BrowserComponent();
>>>
>>> textAreaRight.setPage("<HTML><BODY><DIV
>>> style='overflow-x:scroll;'>"+"Multiline Text</BR>Multiline
>>> Text</BR>Multiline Text</BR>Multiline Text</BR></DIV><BODY></HTML>","");
>>>
>>> centerContainerRight.add(BorderLayout.CENTER,textAreaRight);
>>>
>>>
>>> tableContainer.add(tl.createConstraint().widthPercentage(50),centerContainerLeft).
>>>
>>> add(tl.createConstraint().widthPercentage(50),centerContainerRight);
>>> mainContainer.add(tableContainer);
>>> add(BorderLayout.CENTER,mainContainer); //same if I add tl directly
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> Il giorno giovedì 20 agosto 2020 alle 03:44:47 UTC+2 Shai Almog ha
>>> scritto:
>>>
>>>> Don't use center constraint in the table layout. It will break
>>>> everything. Leave it as the default.
>>>> Height should never be 100 as all the heights together should come up
>>>> to 100 (it's in percent).
>>>> Don't use span, it makes column calculation hard and spanning 2000
>>>> columns is probably not what you're trying to do.
>>>>
>>>> Also make sure you invoked form.setScrollable(false).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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