FULL PRODUCT VERSION :


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The way weight are distributed in each grid give the grid that has the weight first get all the weight, while other grids have nothing. Because of this, some overlapping components are pushed apart. Some components shrink, some get larger. Some components are pushed outside of the frame's border. Position and size are hard and impossible to adjust making GridBagLayout much less useful and much less productive to work with.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Please send me an email for a complete analysis and proposed patch with working code.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -

Weight of components should divide evenly among their grid if possible.
ACTUAL -

Some grids has all the weight, and some has non.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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/*
 * MainFrame.java
 *
 * Created on December 9, 2004, 2:02 PM
 */

package axisdemo;

import java.awt.*;

/**
 *
 * @author hovh
 */
public class MainFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {
    
    /** Creates new form MainFrame */
    public MainFrame() {
        initComponents();
    }
    
    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    private void initComponents() {
        java.awt.GridBagConstraints gridBagConstraints;

        jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jTextField1 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jComboBox1 = new javax.swing.JComboBox();
        jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();

        getContentPane().setLayout(new java.awt.GridBagLayout());

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        jLabel1.setText("jLabel1");
        jLabel1.setBorder(new javax.swing.border.LineBorder(new java.awt.Color(0, 0, 0)));
        gridBagConstraints = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
        gridBagConstraints.gridx = 0;
        gridBagConstraints.gridy = 0;
        gridBagConstraints.ipadx = 96;
        gridBagConstraints.ipady = 6;
        gridBagConstraints.anchor = java.awt.GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
        gridBagConstraints.weightx = 0.1;
        gridBagConstraints.weighty = 1.0;
        gridBagConstraints.insets = new java.awt.Insets(10, 10, 0, 0);
        getContentPane().add(jLabel1, gridBagConstraints);

        jTextField1.setText("jTextField1");
        gridBagConstraints = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
        gridBagConstraints.gridx = 1;
        gridBagConstraints.gridy = 2;
        gridBagConstraints.gridwidth = 4;
        gridBagConstraints.ipadx = 169;
        gridBagConstraints.anchor = java.awt.GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
        gridBagConstraints.weightx = 0.4;
        gridBagConstraints.weighty = 1.0;
        gridBagConstraints.insets = new java.awt.Insets(7, 10, 0, 0);
        getContentPane().add(jTextField1, gridBagConstraints);

        jPanel1.setBorder(new javax.swing.border.LineBorder(new java.awt.Color(0, 0, 0)));
        gridBagConstraints = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
        gridBagConstraints.gridx = 2;
        gridBagConstraints.gridy = 3;
        gridBagConstraints.gridwidth = 5;
        gridBagConstraints.gridheight = 2;
        gridBagConstraints.ipadx = 179;
        gridBagConstraints.ipady = 138;
        gridBagConstraints.anchor = java.awt.GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
        gridBagConstraints.insets = new java.awt.Insets(11, 10, 50, 30);
        getContentPane().add(jPanel1, gridBagConstraints);

        gridBagConstraints = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
        gridBagConstraints.gridx = 0;
        gridBagConstraints.gridy = 3;
        gridBagConstraints.gridwidth = 2;
        gridBagConstraints.ipadx = 117;
        gridBagConstraints.ipady = 2;
        gridBagConstraints.anchor = java.awt.GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
        gridBagConstraints.weightx = 0.2;
        gridBagConstraints.insets = new java.awt.Insets(11, 20, 0, 0);
        getContentPane().add(jComboBox1, gridBagConstraints);

        jButton1.setText("jButton1");
        jButton1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                jButton1ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        gridBagConstraints = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
        gridBagConstraints.gridx = 0;
        gridBagConstraints.gridy = 1;
        gridBagConstraints.gridwidth = 3;
        gridBagConstraints.anchor = java.awt.GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
        gridBagConstraints.weightx = 0.3;
        gridBagConstraints.weighty = 1.0;
        gridBagConstraints.insets = new java.awt.Insets(10, 130, 0, 0);
        getContentPane().add(jButton1, gridBagConstraints);

        java.awt.Dimension screenSize = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
        setBounds((screenSize.width-399)/2, (screenSize.height-334)/2, 399, 334);
    }

    private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
        // TODO add your handling code here:
       
    }
    
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new MainFrame().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
    
    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
    private javax.swing.JComboBox jComboBox1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField1;
    // End of variables declaration
    
}

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :

No work around. This is impossible to work around, and a fix is very important.
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