gridlayout

[weiliu lili]

import java.awt.*;
public class FlowAp extends Frame{
public static void main(String argv[]){
FlowAp fa=new FlowAp();
fa.setSize(400,300);
fa.setVisible(true);
}
FlowAp(){
setLayout(new GridLayout());
add(new Panel());
add(new Button("One"));
add(new Button("Two"));
add(new Button("Three"), "North");
add(new Button("Four"), "South");
}
}
the running result is "A panel and buttons marked One to four running from the left to right "
why?
I thought it would be " An Error at compile time indicating add is called with invalid parameters. "
add(new Button("Three"), "North"); add(new Button("Four"), "South"); Can this way be used for
GridLayout Manager?add(new Button("Three"), "North"); add(new Button("Four"), "South"); Can this way be used for gridlayout
[ June 06, 2002: Message edited by: weiliu lili ]

[Thiru Thangavelu]

The answer here is,
The default layout for Frame class is BorderLayout. But you are setting to the layout to be GridLayout which will not honour for the preferred height and width. So, the panel and other buttons are added from left to right with no gap between themselves and no preferred height and width. If you resize the window, still you will see the window is divided by 5 equivalant portions with panel and buttons. This example describes the default behaviour of the GridLayout.

[weiliu lili]

Originally posted by Thiru Thangavelu:
The answer here is,
The default layout for Frame class is BorderLayout. But you are setting to the layout to be GridLayout which will not honour for the preferred height and width. So, the panel and other buttons are added from left to right with no gap between themselves and no preferred height and width. If you resize the window, still you will see the window is divided by 5 equivalant portions with panel and buttons. This example describes the default behaviour of the GridLayout.

thanks for reply, what i m confused is that CAN you use add(new Button(),"North") for gridLayout?

[Paul Villangca]

The add method is not defined in GridLayout, but is inherited by Frame from class java.awt.Container. My guess is that the method passes these parameters to the GridLayout manager, which simply ignores the second parameter.