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GroupLayout is integrated into Mustang

I'm just relaying the information from JavaLobby but GroupLayout has been integrated into Mustang b76. GroupLayout is the layout manager that makes NetBeans' Matisse GUI builder shine. So, go grab Mustang, download NetBeans 5.0 and enjoy!

Please note that this new features still required the approval from the JSR 270 EG. You can find more information about Java SE 6 JSR on the JCP web site: http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=270

Comments

• It's not as simple as that - GroupLayout was moved to the javax.swing package, so it doesn't work out of the box with Matisse forms. But I am sure we'll provide an update to reflect that.

  Posted by: romanstrobl on March 18, 2006 at 03:44 AM

• This is great. Do you know if there are APIs to know how the components were laid out. i.e. are there getters like getGroup, get the type of the group and the components; get the groups the component belong to etc. All other layout managers in JDK have APIs to find the constraints that are set on the component.

  Pramod.

  Posted by: pramod_patel on March 19, 2006 at 04:03 PM

• So how about mustang on Mac OS X? Will it release at the same day with other platforms this time?

  Posted by: manat on March 23, 2006 at 09:06 AM

• It depends on Apple.

  Posted by: gfx on March 23, 2006 at 09:09 AM

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