Michael Dunn wrote:you really need to understand the various layout managers (already pointed out to you in recent posts)
believe me i'm doing my best
anyway thank you for your very clear explanation
when first reading the tutorials i entirely missed the point:
If the window is enlarged, the center area gets as much of the available space as possible
at first this was quite confusing because both layouts grab all the available space
in each case who gets all the space? the panel or the child?
but your answer cleared things
now i think i'm done with BorderLayout
still, i dont see a way of stopping the textArea growing in height along with resizing - i wanted it with a fixed height
should i search among other layout managers? i played a lot with sizes, but with no results
an off-topic note: i posed you two questions in the other topic (the challenge of helping someone else) and i'm quite curious about your answers