When placing a Choice component into a GridLayout layout manager, the Choice component does not fill the entire cell it is allocated in the GridLayout. This is contrary to what the Java tutorial (p. 423) says. I can't find a definite answer on how the GridLayout should work, other than in the tutorial.

When placing a button inside a GridLayout, it occupies the full cell.

The problem occurs with JDK 1.1, 1.1.1, and 1.1.2.
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Application to reproduce the problem:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class GridChoiceBug extends Frame implements WindowListener
{
Choice c1;
public GridChoiceBug()
{

super("Test Dialog Layout Manager");
addNotify();
Insets insets = getInsets();
setSize( insets.left + 400 + insets.right, insets.top + 400 +
                insets.bottom );
                setLayout(new GridLayout(1,1));

c1 = new Choice();
c1.addItem("One");
add( c1 );

     addWindowListener(this);
validate();
show();
}
   public void windowClosed(WindowEvent event) {}
   public void windowDeiconified(WindowEvent event) {}
   public void windowIconified(WindowEvent event) {}
   public void windowActivated(WindowEvent event) {}
   public void windowDeactivated(WindowEvent event) {}
   public void windowOpened(WindowEvent event) {}
   public void windowClosing(WindowEvent event)
   {
System.exit(0);
   }

public static void main(String args[])
{
new GridChoiceBug();
}
}

creighton.chong@eng 1997-11-21