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Interface com.sgi.sysadm.ui.DynamicSizeLayoutManager

public interface DynamicSizeLayoutManager
DynamicSizeLayoutManager is used in conjunction with RPanel (or other Containers which implement the DynamicSize interface) to allow a Container's height to be determined by its width.

See Also:
DynamicSize, RPanel

Method Index

 o getPreferredHeight(Container, int)
Calculate preferred height given a particular width.

Methods

 o getPreferredHeight
 public abstract int getPreferredHeight(Container parent,
                                        int width)
Calculate preferred height given a particular width. Can be used by LayoutManagers that have special knowledge of the fact that the component's height depends on its width.

Parameters:
parent - Parent Container to layout.
width - A proposed width for this component.
Returns:
the height this component would like to be given a width of width.

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