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Formatting text in GUI

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Ja Ja Binks

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Formatting text in GUI Posted: Apr 22, 2004 2:46 PM
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I am currently constructing a Vcr GUI, but in my JList I have created for presenting text within the GUI, one of the parts of the specification is that the different elements of the text should be formatted so that they are all aligned i.e. one string below the other. What would be the best way of achieving this? I was thinking of using the StringBuffer class to append a empty space after a character, or would there be an easier way of achieving my objective?!


Matthias Neumair

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Re: Formatting text in GUI Posted: Apr 27, 2004 1:46 AM
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1.Use a Font like Courier, where all characters have the sam width.

2. Instead of storing a String of variable Length use a Array of chars. For a VCR display that would be more useful, since you only have a limited view area.

3. Create some methods to clear a certain area of the array (fill it with blanks), to insert a String at a certain position in the array, ...

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