Thread: Default Dialog box changes size

Hello,

I have a problem with dialog box that changes size when I use the application in Windows 7.
I have written a code in which an action handler is invoked when I click on a Menu button. This will launch a dialog box/window with Text, Text fields and combo boxes. The size of the dialog box seems fine when I run the application in Windows XP, but when I run it on Windows 7, the size is increased and the fields in it(Text, Text fields, combo boxes etc) tend to overlap creating a mess.

Please help me as to how do I maintain the size across platforms.

Thank You.

Originally Posted by anu21g

Hello,

I have a problem with dialog box that changes size when I use the application in Windows 7.
I have written a code in which an action handler is invoked when I click on a Menu button. This will launch a dialog box/window with Text, Text fields and combo boxes. The size of the dialog box seems fine when I run the application in Windows XP, but when I run it on Windows 7, the size is increased and the fields in it(Text, Text fields, combo boxes etc) tend to overlap creating a mess.

Please help me as to how do I maintain the size across platforms.

Thank You.

Might be coz of the resolution differs in both of the environments you've tested. Try to get the Window's resolutions and set your components according to the generic window's resolution.

hmmm, first of all are you using AWT components? in my standpoint, reading the components you are using , seems like all of them are from AWT, i would not impose any technical things about AWT and Swings, because im still learning it, but my assumptions are these,

1.) Better if you use Swing components(if the issue is between using AWT and Swings)
2.) you might be having some problem with LayoutManagers Using Layout Managers (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Laying Out Components Within a Container)
3.) you better post codes, so people can (somehow) directly give you an idea to what is going on with your code.

correct my assumptions if im wrong please.

Originally Posted by chronoz13

1.) Better if you use Swing components(if the issue is between using AWT and Swings)

You are exactly right.
OP, read this as well.

Several consequences result from this difference between AWT and Swing. AWT

is a thin layer of code on top of the OS, whereas Swing is much larger.

Swing also has very much richer functionality. Using AWT, you have to

implement a lot of things yourself, while Swing has them built in. For

GUI-intensive work, AWT feels very primitive to work with compared to Swing.

Because Swing implements GUI functionality itself rather than relying on the

host OS, it can offer a richer environment on all platforms Java runs on.

AWT is more limited in supplying the same functionality on all platforms

because not all platforms implement the same-looking controls in the same

ways.

Swing components are called "lightweight" because they do not require a

native OS object to implement their functionality. JDialog and JFrame are

heavyweight, because they do have a peer. So components like JButton,

JTextArea, etc., are lightweight because they do not have an OS peer. A "peer" is a

widget provided by the operating system, such as a button object or an entry

field object.