GroupLayout rendering problem

[Baileys]

Hello,

here is a sample frame that demonstrates the problem I have with the GroupLayout layout.
First, run the Frame and see that the dialog displays correctly.
Then, open it with Swing Designer : it looks corrupted.
Furthermore, when you click on the 'Preview' button, changes are made to the code. Why?
Thanks if you can help me on this one.
Swing Designer version date : 07-04-2008
In the example : KeyValueComboBox must be replaced with JComboBox - it's exactly the same.

[Baileys]

Hello,

did you have a chance to look at this one?
In the meantime, I downloaded the latest build (april 24), rendering is still not ok, but 'Quick preview' does not modify the code any more.

[Eric Clayberg]

What do you mean by looks corrupted?

Which look and feel are you using?

How was the code for your example created? Using Designer, another tool or by hand?

We did modify the Test/Preview function so that it would not regenerate the code.

[Baileys]

Hi,
I attached screen captures that demonstrates my point.
The code was 100% done with Swing Designer.

[Eric Clayberg]

Revised example f

I attached screen captures that demonstrates my point.
The code was 100% done with Swing Designer.

Give this a try in the latest build. We traced the problem to some Sun GL code and added a work around that should work for your case.

I have also attached a modified version of your class that will work in either the old build or new build.

[Baileys]

Hello,

thank you for taking the time to look at my case.
I've downloaded the latest build today (20080428). The textfields that were almost invisible are now more visible, but still, their size is not correct. But that is not the most problematic thing.
What causes me more trouble is the 'anchor' problem : when you run the frame 'as is', and you resize the window, you can see that no component move or is resized. They are all left anchored. But in Swing Designer, the anchors are completely reset, and if I do any minor change and save, I lose all previous anchors.

[Eric Clayberg]

Give this a try with the latest build from today.

[Baileys]

Give this a try with the latest build from today.

Thank you so much for having worked on my case so quickly. I'm not sure it was an easy one
It's much more stable now.
Still, for some of my dialogs, the 'problem' is there, but when i re-arrange the anchors, the problem never comes back.
So, even if there is still a slight problem with existing windows, it looks like there is no more problem with newly created ones.
I'll tell you more about it in the future...
Thanks again.

[Eric Clayberg]

We found and worked around some bugs in Sun's GL code that was performing some strange optimizations.

That should improve things quite a bit with new code, but there may still be some issues with older generated code until it is regenerated.