sclass FormLayout1 extends AbstractLayoutManager { public void layoutContainer(Container parent) { L l = getComponents(parent); new BitSet bigOnes; for i over l: if (containsATextArea(l.get(i))) add(bigOnes, i); int nBigOnes = bigOnes.cardinality(); int mandatoryHeight = totalPreferredHeight(listWithoutIndicesInBitSet(l, bigOnes)); int gap = 4, outerSpacing = 5; Dimension size = parent.getSize(); int gapsAndMargins = outerSpacing*2+(l(l)-1)*gap; int totalSpace = size.height-gapsAndMargins; int liberalSpace = totalSpace-mandatoryHeight; double perBigOne = doubleRatio(liberalSpace, nBigOnes); printVars ifdef FormLayout1_debug(height := size.height, +gapsAndMargins, +totalSpace, +liberalSpace, +nBigOnes, +perBigOne); double y = outerSpacing; for i over l: { Component c = l.get(i); bool big = contains(bigOnes, i); double h = big ? perBigOne : c.getPreferredSize().height; int actualY = iround(y); c.setBounds(outerSpacing, actualY, size.width-outerSpacing*2, iround(y+h)-actualY); printVars ifdef FormLayout1_debug(+i, +big, cBounds := c.getBounds()); y += h+gap; } printVars ifdef FormLayout1_debug(+y); // set preferred size Dimension pref = componentsBoundingSize(parent, outerSpacing); if (parent.getHeight() <= 0) { // pre-showing - maybe we should always do this int tph = totalPreferredHeight(l); pref.height = tph+gapsAndMargins; } preferredSize(pref); } }