Problem of different monitor/screen size for GUI application.

[chets patel]

Hi
I am creating GUI application in swing. different users have different screen size. I can get the screen size using

Toolkit toolkit =  Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
	        Dimension dim = toolkit.getScreenSize();

But how can I set different components of swing in jframe as size varies with every user.
Please explain.

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

You can specify the size and layout of different components based on the Dimensions you get for the Screen/Based on the JFrame's dimensions.

[Greg Brannon]

Are you planning to vary the size of the JFrame with the size of the user's screen?

In my limited experience, if I set the size of the JFrame, optimize my component layout for that size, and then set the JFrame to not change sizes, my layout stays OK. I've had minor problems with different screen resolutions, but those have been manageable. I've also noticed that others managing large frames that might grow initiate them at (0, 0) to have the maximum screen real estate available for growth.

These approaches may not suit your requirements, so please explain what you're trying to do.

[Rob Camick]

But how can I set different components of swing in jframe as size varies with every user.

You let the layout manager worry about this.

Read the section from the Swing tutorial on Layout out Component in a Container.

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

Rob Camick wrote:

But how can I set different components of swing in jframe as size varies with every user.

You let the layout manager worry about this.

Read the section from the Swing tutorial on Layout out Component in a Container.

Oh yeah, this one is a better option. Didn't come to my mind