Hi!

Could someone give me a pointer to where I should ask/file the following Swing 
layout problem, please?

20.04.2015, 18:55, "Tadeus Prastowo" <[email protected]>:
> Hi!
>
> It is shown on 
> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/spring.html#alternatives
>  that
>
> layout.putConstraint(
>   SpringLayout.WEST, label,
>   5,
>   SpringLayout.WEST, contentPane);
>
> is equivalent to
>
> SpringLayout.Constraints  contentPaneCons = 
> layout.getConstraints(contentPane);
> contentPaneCons.setX(
>   Spring.sum(
>     Spring.constant(5),
>     contentPaneCons.getConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST)
> ));
>
> IMO, setting the X of a container from within the container will have no 
> effect because the one who will set the container's X will be the layout 
> manager of its parent container. Therefore, I think the correct one is:
>
> SpringLayout.Constraints  labelCons = layout.getConstraints(label);
> labelCons.setX(
>   Spring.sum(
>     Spring.constant(5),
>     labelCons.getConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST)
> ));
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Eus

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