a common yet hard-to-resolved problem for Java GUI size!

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neverknown - 25 Oct 2005 08:43 GMT

The Java application GUI (setPreferSize to some hardcoded dimension)
gets smaller when it comes to wide screen (Dell 16:9 laptop), and the
users have to resize the GUI every time they are launched (so as to see
the action buttons). This problem seems to happen only for 16:9 wide
screen so far.

Question:
1. What are the factors deciding the swing (awt) GUI size, besides
resolution and font? Is wide screen really an individual factor?

2. How to formulate a universal good GUI size? Or any examples to
define different sizes for different display-cases?

Thought the following functions might be needed, although I heard that
Toolkit.getScreenResolution() cannot really detect screen resolution.

Toolkit.getScreenResolution(), Toolkit.getScreenSize(), getFontSize()

Any example or information will be highly appreciated!

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Roedy Green - 25 Oct 2005 09:55 GMT

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/multiposting.html

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neverknown - 25 Oct 2005 15:46 GMT

Thank you for the headsup! But how to do cross-posting?

Do I just indicate I have posted somewhere else (with a link address)
at the beginning of my new post??

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Tor Iver Wilhelmsen - 25 Oct 2005 16:10 GMT

> Thank you for the headsup! But how to do cross-posting?

You write more than one newsgroup name in the field for that,
separated by commas.

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neverknown - 25 Oct 2005 16:18 GMT

thanks!!

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Roedy Green - 26 Oct 2005 05:38 GMT

>Thank you for the headsup! But how to do cross-posting?

Did you look at the entry
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/crossposting.html
linked to from the multi-posting entry?

It will tell you.

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