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Asked: 2026-05-23T09:01:12+00:00

I’m building a PropertyPanel. Currently I’m using a GridLayout to manage the JLabels and

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I’m building a PropertyPanel. Currently I’m using a GridLayout to manage the JLabels and their corresponding fields where I can specify the value. But the problem is that the GridLayout automatically manages the size of the columns: it makes them the same width.

This means when I’m having a big value field, the colum, is getting bigger (which is good), but the other column (with all my JLabels) is getting bigger as well. Here is a screenshot:

enter image description here     < BAD

As you can see, the image property has a huge value, which makes both columns bigger, and I’m having a lot of space after the JLabels.

So, I’m searching for a LayoutManager which makes each column as big as necessary.
I want a layout like this (it’s edited with Gimp):

enter image description here     < GOOD

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use SpringLayout for this. See How to Use SpringLayout.

    Example layout:

    enter image description here

    Remember that you also can nest layouts.

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