Name: skT88420 Date: 06/22/99


Please read this carefully. The correct description
is the opposite of what one would think at first.

Checking the weightx in a column and the weighty in a row
seems to be wrong, but it will get the information that is
needed - at least the way I read these explanations.
Just remember what you are trying to adjust - vertical or
horizontal space.
 

I think you have weightx and weighty mixed up in the definitions
of each weightx and weighty.
Corrected variable names is inserted below as [?? weight ??].

The definitions state "all the components in a row" for both
weightx and weighty. This can't be correct for both. I think
weightx should read "all the components in a column".


If these are not errors, then the explanation needs to be
expanded because it doesn't make sense the way it is written.


http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/java/awt/
GridBagConstraints.html#weighty (and #weightx)

weightx

public double weightx

Specifies how to distribute extra **horizontal** space.

The grid bag layout manager calculates the weight of
a column to be the maximum weighty [?? weightx ??] of
all the components in a row[?? column ??]. If the resulting
layout is smaller horizontally than the area it needs to fill,
the extra space is distributed to each column in proportion to
its weight. A column that has a weight zero receives no extra
space.

   



weighty

public double weighty

Specifies how to distribute extra **vertical** space.

The grid bag layout manager calculates the weight of a row to be
the maximum weightx [?? weighty ??]of all the components in a
row. ...
(Review ID: 84664)
======================================================================