DefaultMenuLayout (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

javax.swing.plaf.basic

Class DefaultMenuLayout

java.lang.Object extended by javax.swing.BoxLayout javax.swing.plaf.basic.DefaultMenuLayout

All Implemented Interfaces:

LayoutManager, LayoutManager2, Serializable, UIResource

public class DefaultMenuLayout

The default layout manager for Popup menus and menubars. This class is an extension of BoxLayout which adds the UIResource tag so that plauggable L&Fs can distinguish it from user-installed layout managers on menus.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.swing.BoxLayout
LINE_AXIS, PAGE_AXIS, X_AXIS, Y_AXIS

Constructor Summary
[DefaultMenuLayout](../../../../javax/swing/plaf/basic/DefaultMenuLayout.html#DefaultMenuLayout%28java.awt.Container, int%29)(Container target, int axis)

Method Summary
Dimension	preferredLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout, given the components in the specified target container.

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.BoxLayout
[addLayoutComponent](../../../../javax/swing/BoxLayout.html#addLayoutComponent%28java.awt.Component, java.lang.Object%29), [addLayoutComponent](../../../../javax/swing/BoxLayout.html#addLayoutComponent%28java.lang.String, java.awt.Component%29), getLayoutAlignmentX, getLayoutAlignmentY, invalidateLayout, layoutContainer, maximumLayoutSize, minimumLayoutSize, removeLayoutComponent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, [wait](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Constructor Detail

DefaultMenuLayout

public DefaultMenuLayout(Container target, int axis)

Method Detail

preferredLayoutSize

public Dimension preferredLayoutSize(Container target)

Description copied from class: [BoxLayout](../../../../javax/swing/BoxLayout.html#preferredLayoutSize%28java.awt.Container%29)

Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout, given the components in the specified target container.

Specified by:

[preferredLayoutSize](../../../../java/awt/LayoutManager.html#preferredLayoutSize%28java.awt.Container%29) in interface [LayoutManager](../../../../java/awt/LayoutManager.html "interface in java.awt")

Overrides:

[preferredLayoutSize](../../../../javax/swing/BoxLayout.html#preferredLayoutSize%28java.awt.Container%29) in class [BoxLayout](../../../../javax/swing/BoxLayout.html "class in javax.swing")

Parameters:

target - the container that needs to be laid out

Returns:

the dimensions >= 0 && <= Integer.MAX_VALUE

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