[TableFormBuilder] Aligning label in front of JTextArea

[Shake]

Hi,

I think this should be a very common problem:
(Take a look at the JLabel in front of the JTextArea)

alignTextArea.png

I use the following code:

    final SwingBindingFactory bindingFactory = ( SwingBindingFactory ) getBindingFactory();
    TableFormBuilder formBuilder = new TableFormBuilder( bindingFactory );
    formBuilder.addSeparator( "general" );
    formBuilder.row();
    formBuilder.add( Article.PROPERTY_HEADLINE );
    formBuilder.row();
    formBuilder.add( Article.PROPERTY_AUTHOR );
    formBuilder.row();
    formBuilder.addSeparator( "content" );
    formBuilder.row();
    formBuilder.addTextArea( Article.PROPERTY_HEADLINE );

But I think it should look like this:
jgoodies.png


Just one remark: I know this is just a small problem. And many technician don't care about it.
But those issues are very, very important for all those guys that pay the money for the work we do . They don't understand the great architecture - and they don't care. But they *see* the application.
So I think the great work on the UI (I love the TitledApplicationDialog) should be continued.

[Mathias Broekelmann]

you can define default attributes for the labels:

formBuilder.setLabelAttributes("colGrId=label colSpec=right:ref");

every field you add after that call will be aligned to the right side.

You can use any colSpec or rowSpec definition from JGoodies' Formlayout.

[Shake]

Arghl, sorry for my mistakable posting.
I mean the *vertical* alignment. The baseline of the label "Headline:" does not fit to the baseline of the first line of the JTextArea.

[Mathias Broekelmann]

thats definitly a jgoodies issue. I don't know if this is handled by formlayout or jgoodies looks.

[Shake]

Yes, this definitly is related to JGoodies forms.

But the baselines are aligned when the JGoodies builder is used (see the attached image of the JGoodiesDemo).
So I think there must be some sort of shortcoming within the TableFormBuilder.
And I think (nearly) everybody will run into the same troubles as soon as he uses a JTextArea...