UI troubles...

Hi list, I'm wondering if there is a way to
"justify" components on a JFrame
/ JDialog or wherever they are...The problem is: I've a UI
and I want to
show it in many languages (I18n), but when language change
take place the UI
comes "crazy", for example: text on buttons
doesn't fit, text labels are
truncated and so on. Any one has dealing with this prior ???

Thanks in advance...


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filename: I18n.java
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import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import java.text.NumberFormat;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

public class I18n extends JFrame {
 private JPanel shoppingCartPanel = new JPanel();
 private JPanel customerPanel = new JPanel();
 private JLabel applesLabel = new JLabel();
 private JLabel peachesLabel = new JLabel();
 private JLabel pearsLabel = new JLabel();
 private JLabel totalItemsLabel = new JLabel();
 private JLabel itemsLabel = new JLabel();
 private JLabel totalCostLabel = new JLabel();
 private JLabel costLabel = new JLabel();
 private JLabel customerIDLabel = new JLabel();
 private JLabel creditCardLabel = new JLabel();
 private JTextField applesTextField = new JTextField();
 private JTextField peachesTextField = new JTextField();
 private JTextField pearsTextField = new JTextField();
 private JTextField customerIDTextField = new JTextField();
 private JTextField creditCardTextField = new JTextField();
 private JButton purchaseButton = new JButton();
 private JButton clearButton = new JButton();
 private Locale locale = null;
 private ResourceBundle resourceBundle = null;
 private NumberFormat numberFormat = null;

 public I18n(String language, String country) {
  locale = new Locale(language, country);
  resourceBundle =
ResourceBundle.getBundle("Text", locale);
  numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale);
  try {
   jbInit();
  } catch (Exception e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 private void jbInit() throws Exception {
 
this.setTitle(resourceBundle.getString("title"));
  this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
  this.setSize(new Dimension(316, 309));
  this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  this.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(purchaseButton);

  // SHOPPING CART panel
  shoppingCartPanel.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 5, 290,
145));
  shoppingCartPanel.setLayout(null);
 
shoppingCartPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder
(resourceBundle.getString("shopping_cart")));
  shoppingCartPanel.add(peachesTextField, null);
  shoppingCartPanel.add(applesTextField, null);
  shoppingCartPanel.add(costLabel, null);
  shoppingCartPanel.add(totalCostLabel, null);
  shoppingCartPanel.add(itemsLabel, null);
  shoppingCartPanel.add(totalItemsLabel, null);
  shoppingCartPanel.add(pearsLabel, null);
  shoppingCartPanel.add(peachesLabel, null);
  shoppingCartPanel.add(applesLabel, null);
  shoppingCartPanel.add(pearsTextField, null);
 
applesLabel.setText(resourceBundle.getString("apples&qu
ot;));
  applesLabel.setBounds(new Rectangle(25, 23, 40, 15));
  applesLabel.setDisplayedMnemonic('A');
 
peachesLabel.setText(resourceBundle.getString("peaches&
quot;));
  peachesLabel.setBounds(new Rectangle(25, 47, 50, 15));
  peachesLabel.setDisplayedMnemonic('E');
 
pearsLabel.setText(resourceBundle.getString("pears"
;));
  pearsLabel.setBounds(new Rectangle(25, 73, 40, 15));
  pearsLabel.setDisplayedMnemonic('A');
 
totalItemsLabel.setText(resourceBundle.getString("total
_tems"));
  totalItemsLabel.setBounds(new Rectangle(25, 100, 75, 15));
  totalItemsLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", 1,
11));
  itemsLabel.setText("0");
  itemsLabel.setBounds(new Rectangle(100, 100, 175, 15));
 
totalCostLabel.setText(resourceBundle.getString("total_
cost"));
  totalCostLabel.setBounds(new Rectangle(25, 120, 65, 15));
  totalCostLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", 1,
11));
  costLabel.setText("0");
  costLabel.setBounds(new Rectangle(100, 120, 175, 15));
  applesTextField.setBounds(new Rectangle(75, 20, 200, 20));
  peachesTextField.setBounds(new Rectangle(75, 45, 200,
20));
  pearsTextField.setBounds(new Rectangle(75, 70, 200, 20));

  // CUSTOMER panel
  customerPanel.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 150, 290, 80));
  customerPanel.setLayout(null);
 
customerPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(res
ourceBundle.getString("customer")));
  customerPanel.add(creditCardTextField, null);
  customerPanel.add(customerIDTextField, null);
  customerPanel.add(creditCardLabel, null);
  customerPanel.add(customerIDLabel, null);
 
customerIDLabel.setText(resourceBundle.getString("custo
mer_ID"));
  customerIDLabel.setBounds(new Rectangle(25, 22, 70, 15));
  customerIDLabel.setDisplayedMnemonic('U');
 
creditCardLabel.setText(resourceBundle.getString("credi
t_card"));
  creditCardLabel.setBounds(new Rectangle(25, 47, 60, 15));
  creditCardLabel.setDisplayedMnemonic('D');
  customerIDTextField.setBounds(new Rectangle(95, 20, 180,
19));
  creditCardTextField.setBounds(new Rectangle(95, 45, 180,
19));

  // UI
 
purchaseButton.setText(resourceBundle.getString("purcha
se"));
  purchaseButton.setBounds(new Rectangle(130, 240, 80, 25));
  purchaseButton.setMnemonic('P');
  purchaseButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
      purchaseButton_actionPerformed(e);
     }
    });
 
clearButton.setText(resourceBundle.getString("clear&quo
t;));
  clearButton.setBounds(new Rectangle(220, 240, 80, 25));
  clearButton.setMnemonic('C');
  clearButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
      clearButton_actionPerformed(e);
     }
    });

  this.getContentPane().add(clearButton, null);
  this.getContentPane().add(purchaseButton, null);
  this.getContentPane().add(customerPanel, null);
  this.getContentPane().add(shoppingCartPanel, null);
 }

 private void purchaseButton_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
  if (e != null) {
  }
 }

 private void clearButton_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
  if (e != null) {
  }
 }

 public static void main(String[] args) {
  I18n i18n = new I18n("de", "DE");
  Dimension screenSize =
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
  Dimension frameSize = i18n.getSize();

  if (frameSize.height > screenSize.height)
   frameSize.height = screenSize.height;
  if (frameSize.width > screenSize.width)
   frameSize.width = screenSize.width;
  i18n.setLocation((screenSize.width - frameSize.width) / 2,
       (screenSize.height - frameSize.height) / 2);
  i18n.setVisible(true);
 }
}


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filename: Text_de_DE.properties
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# Application title
title = Früchte 1.25 jede

# Labels
apples = Äpfel:
peaches = Birnen:
pears = Pfirsiche:
total_tems = Anzahl Früchte:
total_cost = Gesamtkosten:
credit_card = Kreditkarte:
customer_ID = Kundenidentifizierung:

# Panels
shopping_cart = " Kredit "
customer = " Kunden "

# Buttons
purchase = Kaufen
clear = Zurücksetzen

# Messages
invalid_value = Ungültiger Wert
cannot_send = Datenübertragung zum Server nicht möglich
no_lookup = Das Server läßt sich nicht zu finden
no_data = Keine Daten verfügbar
no_ID = Keine Kundenidentifizierungen verfügbar
no_server = Kein Zugang zu den Daten beim Server


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filename: Text_en_US.properties
----------------------------------
# Application title
title = Fruit 1.25 Each

# Labels
apples = Apples:
apples_mnemonic = A
peaches = Peaches:
pears = Pears:
total_tems = Total items:
total_cost = Total cost:
credit_card = Credit card:
customer_ID = Customer ID:

# Panels
shopping_cart = " Shopping cart "
customer = " Customer "

# Buttons
purchase = Purchase
clear = Clear

# Messages
invalid_value = Invalid value
cannot_send = Cannot send data to server
no_lookup = Cannot look up remote server object
no_data = No data available
no_ID = No customer IDs available
no_server = Cannot access data in server


----------------------------------
filename: Text_fr_FR.properties
----------------------------------
# Application title
title = Fruit 1.25 pièce

# Labels
apples = Pommes:
peaches = Pêches:
pears = Poires:
total_tems = Partial total:
total_cost = Prix total:
credit_card = Carte de Crédit:
customer_ID = Numéro de client:

# Panels
shopping_cart = " Carte de pièce "
customer = " Client "

# Buttons
purchase = Achetez
clear = Réinitialisez

# Messages
invalid_value = Valeur incorrecte
cannot_send = Les données n'ont pu être envoyées au serveur
no_lookup = Accès impossible à l'objet du serveur distant
[remote server
object]
no_data = Aucune donnée disponible
no_ID = Identifiant du client indisponible
no_server = Accès aux données du serveur impossible

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