Phil Herold

In this month's article I introduce TableLayout, a robust but easy-to-use LayoutManager for use in any Java Swing application. It's based very loosely on the HTML TABLE paradigm, where components are placed in table cells in row-major order. Vertical and horizontal alignment for ... (more)

In this month's article I continue my discussion of a list-based UI framework that I started last month ("ArrayListModel," [JDJ, Vol. 10, issue 10]). The primary concept behind this idea is a data model that contains elements that describe parts of an application's user interface... (more)

This article presents a data model based on a Collection implementation that can be used with Swing components JList and JComboBox. It also discusses a method to use these same concepts in constructing the user interface of an application. Overview Java Collections are indispens... (more)

This article presents a Java/Swing component implementation of a feature that is ubiquitous in nearly all desktop applications, particularly Windows applications - an area in the lower right portion of a window (Frame) that can be used to resize the window. Of course, a window c... (more)