Titlebars of Frames

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Connell Gauld - 22 Nov 2003 17:56 GMT

Hi,

I'm writing some software in Java which requires a complicated gui. As a
result I have to use exact positioning rather than a Layout manager. I am
using the standard java.awt.* (ie not JFrame just Frame) and the latest
version of the Sun J2SDK. My problem is that when I create a Frame and add
components, all co-ordinates are relative to the very top left of the
window (including the titlebar). As a result the tops of some of my
components are hidden under the titlebar. Is there any way I can find the
height of the titlebar so that I can compensate for this.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Connell

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David Postill - 22 Nov 2003 18:58 GMT

In article <bpo7tt$6ug$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, on Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:56:59 +0000, Connell Gauld
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| Any help would be much appreciated.

RTFM: <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Frame.html>

Your question is answered in the description of class Frame.

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David Postill

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Harald Hein - 22 Nov 2003 21:57 GMT

> I'm writing some software in Java which requires a complicated
> gui. As a result I have to use exact positioning rather than a
> Layout manager.

You are lying to yourself.

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Jim Pete - 23 Nov 2003 19:50 GMT

Use GridBagLayout... it'll save you a ton of time... TRUST ME!

> Hi,
>
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> Thanks
> Connell

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Florian 'Irian' Schaetz - 24 Nov 2003 10:40 GMT

> Use GridBagLayout... it'll save you a ton of time... TRUST ME!

Would suggest using TableLayout instead.

Flo