Originally posted by Ravi Kanth D:
I am using NetBeans IDE which I downloaded from SUN's website along with Java 2 SDK 1.4.2. I am using the AbsoluteLayout which NetBeans provided exclusively in their IDE. Their website claimed: once you drag and drop controls using AbsoluteLayout and finish creating your GUI, you can just change it to GridBagLayout and everything will remain the same. Contrary to that, everything gets messed up when I change to GridBagLayout. Did anyone had similar problems? Please let me know. Thanks.
Ravi.
JBuilder claims much the same, they have the XYLayout that can be easily converted to GridBagLayout. But everythings gets messed up as well.
The solution I adopted was to design with three layouts in mind: flow, border and grid.
Best
Pep
