aligning components

[Randall Twede]

i created a class that extends JPanel, and added a JComboBox to it. i (hopefully) made them the same size like so:

    public StandardColorSelector()
    {
selector.setEditable(false);
selector.setSelectedIndex(0);// Default selection is black
add(selector);
                setSize(selector.getSize());
    }

i then have another JPanel with a 2X2 GridLayout with JLabels in the top row and StandardColorSelector's in the second row. the Jlables are left aligned , but the StandardColorSelector's are centered. i tried to left align them like so:
private StandardColorSelector backcolor = new StandardColorSelector();
private StandardColorSelector forecolor = new StandardColorSelector();
.
.
.
forecolor.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
backcolor.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
but it doesnt work
i also tried this:

    public StandardColorSelector()
    {
selector.setEditable(false);
selector.setSelectedIndex(0);// Default selection is black
add(selector);
                setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
                //setSize(selector.getSize());
    }

and this:

    public StandardColorSelector()
    {
selector.setEditable(false);
selector.setSelectedIndex(0);// Default selection is black
add(selector);
                selector.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
                //setSize(selector.getSize());
    }

[ February 16, 2004: Message edited by: Randall Twede ]

[Nathan Pruett]

The problem is that the panels that hold the comboboxes are by default using FlowLayout, and FlowLayout by default is centered. You can change this by adding the line -

setLayout( new FlowLayout( FlowLayout.LEFT ) );

to StandardColorSelector's constructor.

[Randall Twede]

Nathan,
thanks, thats what i needed. i set it outside the class, but it worked.