Votes 228

Synopsis Add MiG Layout to the JDK

Category java:classes_swing

State 3-Accepted, request for enhancement

Priority: 5-Very Low

Submit Date 05-MAR-2007

Description

A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
MiG Layout is the successor to JGoodies FormLayout. It incorporates everything it can do in a simple way and with a lot more options.

MiG Layout also directly replaces FlowLayout, BorderLayout, SpringLayout, GridLayout, GridBagLayout and a lot of other 3:r part layout managers directly.

MiG Layout is 100% free under the BSD License and can be found at www.miglayout.com

JUSTIFICATION :
Matisse with GroupLayout is a really  customer  choice for doing RAD IDE enabled layouts, but it lacks in the manual coding since the syntax is not created to be read by humans.

MiGLayout is to manually coded layouts what Matisse/GroupLayout is to doing layouts with the mouse.
Posted Date : 2007-03-05 12:36:00.0

Work Around

N/A

Evaluation

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Comments

  
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Submitted On 18-APR-2007

I've been programming in Java for a few months, but have been programming in other languages for over 20 years with the last 4 years being almost exclusively in C#.  My only real use for IDEs is project management and intellisense. I don't like the GUI designers as I prefer to have much finer control over my code.

I found working with the standard layout managers to be very confusing (to say the least!) and it was only when I came across the MigLayout manager that I was able to make decent progress on my current project.  

Submitted On 30-APR-2007
juergen.nicolai

Integrate it...

Submitted On 06-MAY-2007
Raul_Arabaolaza

You have my vote, Miglayout is great, easy andf powerfull, it´s time to give Swing a little help

Submitted On 09-MAY-2007

Miglayout is so easy, powerful and cool !!!

Submitted On 16-MAY-2007

I agree, I would love to have MiG part of Java, I tried all of the layouts, and never liked them, I didn't a lot of projects in Swing and SWT, I must admit that MiG made it easy and fun, and also, got the Job done faster than the ohter, beside it's easy to debug problems with it.

I vote for MiG

Submitted On 17-MAY-2007

MiG is the best layout manager for manual coding.

Submitted On 06-JUN-2007
xiangya

yes should be Integrate in java

Submitted On 18-JUN-2007
kk_kumarm

You have my vote, Miglayout is great, easy andf powerfull, it´s time to give Swing a little help --kk

Submitted On 19-JUN-2007
vteial

I agree and i wish to have MIG layout in Java 7

Submitted On 26-JUN-2007
vsevel

looks good

Submitted On 12-JUL-2007
CameO

I agree. Of all the current layout managers, this one has two great advantages: easy to read and well documented. You've got my vote!

Submitted On 22-JUL-2007
adiand

I like mig-layout :)

Submitted On 22-JUL-2007
adiand

it's CSS, except for layout

Submitted On 22-JUL-2007
adiand

MiGLayout is fly

Submitted On 16-AUG-2007

miglayout is the ultimate layout manager. I like it incorporated into  java 7, please.

Some of java's layout managers are crap. here is miglayout to the rescue! Teaching layout managers to java newbies is now just as simple as deprecating gridlayout, gridbaglayout, springlayout, flowlayout, boxlayout; and leave grouplayout and borderlayout and introduce miglayout. This three are perfect. Grouplayout for tooling and miglayout for coding.

And by the way, miglayout should be renamed with much better name.

Submitted On 16-AUG-2007

Hello,

Yes, MigLayout is not a good name if it's going into the JDK. How about SwingLayout?

Also, have you seen the docking possibilites in MigLayout? They even make BorderLayout redundant.

Cheers,
Mikael 

Submitted On 17-AUG-2007

Hi Mikael. Yes, Miglayout's support for docking renders BorderLayout unnecessary because miglayout can do better.

Struggling with java's layout managers is so time consuming. Matisse? Mattise isn't the answer for this because sometimes, developers has to programmatically design components at runtime. Matisse is useful when a developer is doing the layout at design-time and not on runtime. Miglayout to the rescue.

So we can have only 2 layout managers that's developer friendly: miglayout and grouplayout. Other layout managers that's in the JRE are just mess that makes a java developer's life stressful.

When I was first evaluating miglayout, I asked myself, "If miglayout can do everything awt and swing has to offer currently, so what? I don't need a one-does-all layoutmanager because separating lay outing concepts into many layout managers is the best approach." Then after I used it to my project, I learned that miglayout is not only one-does-all layout manager. It's easier. It's developer-friendlier. It's simpler. It's a time-saver. It's simply amazing.

If you believe that "the youth is the hope of a nation", then it's also true that java newbies of today are the java's community members of tomorrow (some will be fanatics and many will be zealots). To those people who are taking their first sip of Java, let's prove to them that Java is sweeter than .NET. The java community is successful to remove complexities in the JEE world; let's do the same with the JSE. For the sake of newbies, I would suggest (a very bold suggestion) to deprecate all other layout managers and leave only two: miglayout and grouplayout. And make swing components like jframe and jpanel to use by default the miglayout instead of the old deprecated ones (anyway, any layout managers that the core swing components uses is achievable in miglayout).

The present core layout managers in java are not only numerous and confusing, but also very developer-antagonist (opposite of developer-friendly?).

About the new name, yes Mikael, SwingLayout is a good name. If swing made the awt old and tired, then a name of SwingLayout for the miglayout will also donote that something better is replacing something old and experimental failure.

That's all I can say. I hope you find this comment reasonable.

Cheers,
Otanix

Submitted On 17-AUG-2007

Thanks Otanix,

I did find it very reasonable. Thanks for the great comments.

Cheers,
Mikael

Submitted On 21-AUG-2007

MiGLayout, or another similar hand-programmable, grid-based layout ,should be one of the highest priority additions to Java.  This would eliminate a (needless) major barrier encountered by beginners, and make developing attractive interfaces quick.  There are lots of places for a developer to spend their time usefully,. but struggling with the difficult standard Java layouts is not one of them.

Submitted On 04-SEP-2007

Thanks to Miglayout, I removed hundreds of tedious GridBagConstraints from my code. Now it's even simpler and more flexible than HTML/CSS to layout Swing components. Really, this layout manager is a strike of genious and all standard layout managers look pale and cumbersome next to it. Go on Java !

Submitted On 07-SEP-2007

First consider it for integration .... then do it! Please

Submitted On 10-SEP-2007

MigLayout is revolutionnary, integrate it !

Submitted On 11-SEP-2007

MigLayout is a god send for programming java applicatoins. I was able to create layout in literally seconds that seemed impossible using the the standard java layouts. I mean, have you actually TRIED using GridBagLayout!

Submitted On 13-SEP-2007
Yurai

Incredibly fast and easy to get the gui just the way you want it. Not to mention how short and clean the resulting code is compared to other layout managers. Down with GridBagLayout! Long live MigLayout!

Submitted On 15-SEP-2007

Include miglayout now!  Swing's layout managers suck for hand coding, and they introduce unnecessary (and large!) barriers to adoption of Swing as a GUI framework for new Java GUI programmers.

Submitted On 25-SEP-2007
Infotop

I've tried GridBagLayout, by comparison, MigLayout is *far* easier to use and can do more than GridBagLayout. MigLayout is as easy as FlowLayout/BorderLayout/etc. I find it's grid numbering more logical than that used by JGoodies FormLayout (which numbers the gaps between cells).

I'd love for it to be included in the Sun JRE and JDK

Submitted On 26-SEP-2007

+1

MiGLayout rocks!

Submitted On 29-SEP-2007
Bijan_Van

I had a look at the HiDPI Simulator (http://www.migcalendar.com/miglayout/beta/hidpisimulator.jnlp)
very impressive. Thanks for including it in JDK 7.

Submitted On 02-OCT-2007
ironmouse

I'm so glad about the Miglayout. It's a great work - I never had a problem.

The code is so much easier, readable and well arranged! 

Don't waste time to make empty spacers or nest composites with diffrent Layout-Managers.

Submitted On 07-OCT-2007

Seems powerful, why not include it, 

Submitted On 08-OCT-2007

Submitted On 09-OCT-2007

Please add it to Java SE 7.0

SwingLayout is a nice name.

Submitted On 16-OCT-2007

Hi, there should be possibility to vote against an RFE.

I don't think, that MigLayout should be included into JDK. I don't use it and I know a lot of developers who don't use it too. So why should we blow up the JDK again?

I don't believe that MiGLayout is the successor to JGoodies FormLayout. This claim comes only from Mikael Grev. Karsten Lentzsch has never claimed or said that.

JGoodies FormLayout exists for many years now. It has been used by a lot of developers in many projects and has been proved to be very stable and easy to use. If we should include a new layout manager into JDK, than it should be JGoodies FormLayout.

I vote against this RFE. Please don't include MiGLayout into JDK! Every one who would like to use it in his application, can include it as any other library into an application.

Submitted On 19-OCT-2007

i vote for include this in jdk.

you don't use it is not a reason to vote against .. I don't use any CORBA support in java and never know anybody use it, maybe this should be removed as well?....... MiGLayout is very small in size compare to CORBA support.

Submitted On 22-OCT-2007

I vote against too. I don't see any reason to include this into JDK, since EVERY one that wants to use it can include it as a simple library. Why make JDK bigger with this? So let's include all jars over the internet and we won't need to add anythin to our classpath... come on, no reason to put this into JDK.

My vote is agains't.

Submitted On 22-OCT-2007

Hey! He is right, let's end up this session. No reasons to keep posting votes here at all, there is no reason to include it in the JDK. How wants to use, can download and use for free, so the subject is over.

Submitted On 22-OCT-2007

Agreed, vote against.

Submitted On 23-OCT-2007
GDoutch

An excellent layout manager for swing - by far the best one! Swing needs this.

Submitted On 23-OCT-2007
Yurai

MigLayout is 72 kilobytes large, not exactly something that will make anyone groan. The point here isn't that the people who use it can include it as a library. The point is that java strives to make the development flow faster, more intuitive and more efficient. I agree that a lot of functionality is peripheral enough to not warrant inclusion in the JDK, but an intuitive layout manager is not part of that. The core JDK needs a layout manager that doesn't require you to pull your hair out every time you're designing a relatively complex GUI. Not to mention that the resulting code from this is longer and uglier than a mutated giraffe.

If you think 72 kilobytes is such a horrible size increase, you should rather vote for removing some of the old, useless layout managers.

Submitted On 23-OCT-2007

> "MigLayout is 72 kilobytes large". 
<p>
It's even smaller than that since the JDK uses pack200 which reduces it a lot more than the normal .zip I use. I would estimate it to be around 20k with pack200 when included in the JDK.
<p>
Cheers,<br>
Mikael Grev

Submitted On 24-OCT-2007
devphyl

Miglayout is needed,
there is problem to get good and free SWT manager
and now we can

Submitted On 26-OCT-2007
zelyto

I vote for integrate it.

Submitted On 01-NOV-2007
Talaryn

MigLayout is so powerful and easy to use, it's mind-boggling. For dynamic layouts and complete control over a Java GUI based application, MigLayout cannot be beat -- a programmers dream, without the need for an IDE to produce ugly, unusable code.

Submitted On 03-NOV-2007

The best layout created so far in terms of ease of use and flexibilty

Submitted On 06-NOV-2007
mchiareli

miglayout is perfect....

Submitted On 07-NOV-2007

I like it, it should be included

Submitted On 08-NOV-2007

Someone said this...

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Hi, there should be possibility to vote against an RFE.

I don't think, that MigLayout should be included into JDK. I don't use it and I know a lot of developers who don't use it too. So why should we blow up the JDK again?

I don't believe that MiGLayout is the successor to JGoodies FormLayout. This claim comes only from Mikael Grev. Karsten Lentzsch has never claimed or said that.

JGoodies FormLayout exists for many years now. It has been used by a lot of developers in many projects and has been proved to be very stable and easy to use. If we should include a new layout manager into JDK, than it should be JGoodies FormLayout.

I vote against this RFE. Please don't include MiGLayout into JDK! Every one who would like to use it in his application, can include it as any other library into an application.
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and this...

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Hi, there should be possibility to vote against an RFE.

I don't think, that MigLayout should be included into JDK. I don't use it and I know a lot of developers who don't use it too. So why should we blow up the JDK again?

I don't believe that MiGLayout is the successor to JGoodies FormLayout. This claim comes only from Mikael Grev. Karsten Lentzsch has never claimed or said that.
JGoodies FormLayout exists for many years now. It has been used by a lot of developers in many projects and has been proved to be very stable and easy to use. If we should include a new layout manager into JDK, than it should be JGoodies FormLayout.

I vote against this RFE. Please don't include MiGLayout into JDK! Every one who would like to use it in his application, can include it as any other library into an application.
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And let me say this...

First, why are you talking something against about something you don't even know or use? You're automatically not credible to be a critic of MigLayout being incorporated into the JRE.

Second, we are not talking about putting just another layout manager here, or putting every library from the internet into the jre to make it bloated. We are talking about Java "to have" a robust and easy to use and "easy to program" layout manager which Java is currently lacking (take note of the keyword: lacking).

Third, It's not about us; it's about Java. The votes ARE NOT for us to ease our burden of distributing MigLayout with our applications. The vote ARE for Java to have a decent and programmer-friendly layout manager. Java != us

Submitted On 08-NOV-2007

Oops! I'm sorry for the mis-copy-paste in my quote above. I should quote these:

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I vote against too. I don't see any reason to include this into JDK, since EVERY one that wants to use it can include it as a simple library. Why make JDK bigger with this? So let's include all jars over the internet and we won't need to add anythin to our classpath... come on, no reason to put this into JDK.

My vote is agains't.

--------
Hey! He is right, let's end up this session. No reasons to keep posting votes here at all, there is no reason to include it in the JDK. How wants to use, can download and use for free, so the subject is over.

Submitted On 13-NOV-2007

Please integrate it. MiG is great.

Submitted On 15-NOV-2007
sicflex

The best layout i see and easy to use, i was working for a while with GridBagLayout until i found MiGLayout, it is great. Why not integrate it in next java version?. It is veryyyyyyy user friendly and learning curve dosen't exist with it.

Submitted On 15-NOV-2007

MiGLayout is great. I believe it will be a great addition to the next release of Java. Please include it

Submitted On 19-NOV-2007
chandransuraj

MigLayout is the solution of most java layout problems

Submitted On 19-NOV-2007

Integrate it. Maybe adjusting of components can be made not only by strings but some constants.

Submitted On 19-NOV-2007

Integrate it.

Submitted On 22-NOV-2007

This layout is a must have for the next JDK, yes sir!

After years of pulling my hair off, struggling with GridBagLayout and the others, MigLayout comes as a balsam. Don't neglect it!

Submitted On 22-NOV-2007

This layout is a must have for the next JDK, yes sir!

After years of pulling my hair off, struggling with GridBagLayout and the others, MigLayout comes as a balsam. Don't neglect it!

Submitted On 26-NOV-2007
schumnana

Submitted On 26-NOV-2007
schumnana

Submitted On 26-NOV-2007

SwingLayout is bad name. That confuses people. Because called SwingLayout? Why the best? (For now is !!!). But in the future may have other better. It will have another name? What the developer will use? SwingLayout or NewNameLayout? What better now? If you have a layout with name of SwingLayout a dummy will not try to learn the usefulness of other layouts, it will use it (SwingLayout) by thinking that it is that the layout of Swing.

        
Another thing: how to continue the project of MigLayout for SWT? It is important!

It would not make sense to have a project called: SwingLayout for SWT... haha: P

I suggest using the name FlexLayout.
And Mig InfoCom continue the project FlexLayout for SWT.

Submitted On 03-DEC-2007

Already tried to change/customize an average complex Matisse-based panel? 
Just do it. For example, introduce some new JLabel + JTextField. Or, try to change the column gaps. 
Just do it. But don't wonder. 
And then, do the same with MiG. It takes only few seconds and it works! 
MiG is a MUST for the next Java version.

Submitted On 07-DEC-2007

cool layout manager!

Submitted On 30-DEC-2007

+1

Submitted On 02-JAN-2008

Please integrate MIG layout in Java 7

Submitted On 11-JAN-2008

I was working with some of the Swing layout manager before and wasting time using them.  Then I ran accross TableLayout and FormLayout and was happy about it. I have used TableLayout since you can use it without a GUI designer and for its simplicity. I haven't used MiGLayout before but I read its documentation and it looks promising. We are planing to use MiGLayout for automated generation of Swing code. I vote for adding it to JDK 7. We will use it even if MiGLayout won't be added to JDK 7. However, I think that Swing will get a wider adoption when being shiped with a sophisticated yet easy to use layout manager.

Submitted On 12-JAN-2008
feldari

+1 and ...
if you are interested in a SWT / Eclipse integration as well, then please also vote for https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=214698

Submitted On 14-JAN-2008
pvlissidis

I just found about MiG Layout and only by seeing the examples in the web page and some of the code included in the QuickStart Guide wished that it was used instead of the GroupLayout from Matisse. GroupLayout is truly unreadable and I really hate when I have to depend to an automated tool when coding. I really need to have control of my code through the editor when I need it!!!! Integrate it already!!!!

Submitted On 21-JAN-2008
martinm1000

I was previously using a mix of GridBagLayout and Other Layout Managers for a Complex UI; Showing some component under specific configurations was a nightmare. GBL columns would sometime react badly and I had to test all components display configurations. And I had a LOT of GridBagConstraints methods with specific insets.

Well not anymore. In only a couple of lines, I got my Layout with MigLayout. MigLayout should be the new GBL ;-).

Submitted On 22-JAN-2008
miksuoma

Java really *needs* decent layout manager. Standard layout managers are from the stone age.

Submitted On 29-JAN-2008
RichFairall

I have used Java/Swing for 5 years, avoiding GridBagLayout and most of the others as much as possible. Eventually centred around TableLayout, then FormLayout. However MiGLayout is the layout of choice now, accomplishes everything most of us need, and the syntax is fresh air. 
Gets my vote, GridBag gets my goat.

Submitted On 03-FEB-2008
Joe_h

I gotta say, I'm new to LayoutManagers and found GridBag flexible, but impossible to use.  It used to take hours to lay out a form that I can get done in MigLayout in less than one.

Joe

Submitted On 07-FEB-2008
Oren.2000

You should integrate it

Submitted On 12-FEB-2008

This is really the best layout manager. Truly a must for JSE 6.

Submitted On 06-MAR-2008

It's very very great, include it now

Submitted On 26-MAR-2008
knappschaft

You should integrate it

Submitted On 26-MAR-2008
knappschaft

You should integrate it

Submitted On 05-APR-2008
Atharvan

Why hesitate to integrate it????
I just started to learn Java. But I find this is more easier than JDK implementation. And like to use code myself than UI Designer, because  
it helps me to understand the concept and moreover I can maintenance it and it is also readable than any designer generated code.


So I vote for miglayout. 

Submitted On 06-APR-2008
beautiful_china_java_girl

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Submitted On 25-APR-2008
Xploit

I have been working with Swing quite a bit, ended up doing everything using GridBagLayout. Although I have written some convenience utility methods - so I can make the code more readable - I would certainly recommend encorporating MiG in JDK7. I also share the opinion that readable GUI code cannot be generated well, therefore it is essential that one can *see* how the general GUI layout looks like by just looking at the code.

Do it !

Submitted On 25-APR-2008
Xploit

I have been working with Swing quite a bit, ended up doing everything using GridBagLayout. Although I have written some convenience utility methods - so I can make the code more readable - I would certainly recommend encorporating MiG in JDK7. I also share the opinion that readable GUI code cannot be generated well, therefore it is essential that one can *see* how the general GUI layout looks like by just looking at the code.

Do it !

Submitted On 09-MAY-2008
alex-lorenzi

Include it...

Submitted On 11-MAY-2008

The best Layout Manager ever, hands down.

Submitted On 11-MAY-2008

The best Layout Manager ever, hands down.

Submitted On 11-MAY-2008

The best Layout Manager ever, hands down.

Submitted On 12-MAY-2008
Anigart_X

This is a great Layout. I would certainly like to see it in JDK 7 so it becomes standard.
BTW great presentation at the JavaONE!

Submitted On 12-MAY-2008
Anigart_X

This is a great Layout. I would certainly like to see it in JDK 7 so it becomes standard.
BTW great presentation at the JavaONE!

Submitted On 12-MAY-2008
Anigart_X

This is a great Layout. I would certainly like to see it in JDK 7 so it becomes standard.
BTW great presentation at the JavaONE!

Submitted On 13-MAY-2008
Pyrolistical

The API needs to be more verbose.  There's not point in have class names like AC, CC, and LC when you can have your IDE auto complete.

Also, I would like to see if there is a way to not use String for the constraints, but maintain the flexibility.  Strings are error prone.

Submitted On 15-MAY-2008
rednoah

MigLayout should definitly be included in Java 7.

I like Swing, but the Layoutmanagers simply suck (espacially if compared to MigLayout).

And lets face it, there is no proper GUI designer for Java that compares to QT or Visual Studio Designer, but with MigLayout you don't need one (and you won't want one!
).

Submitted On 15-MAY-2008

Vote for it

Submitted On 15-MAY-2008

integrate it

Submitted On 23-MAY-2008

voted!

Submitted On 24-MAY-2008
Goku2

Must include! Great tool!

Submitted On 27-MAY-2008

Mig layout would be a great addition to the JDK

Submitted On 27-MAY-2008
lubosp

The best and easiest layout manager I have ever used!

Submitted On 27-MAY-2008
lubosp

Beast and easiest to use layout manager I have ever used for both SWT and Swing.

Submitted On 27-MAY-2008
code_craig

i also vote for MigLayout, please make Swing easier :)

Submitted On 27-MAY-2008
T@sos

It also has my vote!

Also do read "www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=313" for the real Java on the desktop issues.

Submitted On 27-MAY-2008

Yes, MigLayout  must be integrate in Java 7 !

Submitted On 27-MAY-2008

Yes, MigLayout  must be integrate in Java 7 !

Submitted On 28-MAY-2008

I'd like it

Submitted On 28-MAY-2008
Viren

MiG looks clean and good.
Must be included.

Submitted On 28-MAY-2008

MigLayout is the best thing that ever happened to Swing layouts. I am amazed an RFE with 177 votes is marked as 5-Very Low. Sun, please wake up...all the layout managers in the JDK can be marked as deprecated and replaced with MigLayout.

Submitted On 28-MAY-2008

Great layout!

+1 

Submitted On 28-MAY-2008
kocten

+1

Submitted On 28-MAY-2008
kocten

I vote for it

Submitted On 29-MAY-2008
Decheng

I vote for it

Submitted On 30-MAY-2008

Definitely usefull and required

Submitted On 02-JUN-2008
mr.blade

-1

Submitted On 07-JUN-2008
Keidson_Freitas

I vote for it

Submitted On 09-JUN-2008
Recruit

Default Layouts complex and very diffucult to use but MiGLayout is great and easy to use.
I vote for the MiG

Submitted On 11-JUN-2008
xeon

+3
This would be great in JDK7

Submitted On 15-JUN-2008

very usefull enhancement

Submitted On 16-JUN-2008

A relief when coding gui's manually.

Submitted On 19-JUN-2008
laboiteaprog

vote for it...

if java is gpl, surely that cause problem with bsd license?

Submitted On 19-JUN-2008

I would of course be willing to license it in any way for Sun.
<p>
/Mikael

Submitted On 20-JUN-2008

I have been guiding teams on Java Swing for many years now. Layouts have been the core area to be addressed at the start of any Java Swing project. Ever since I came to know about MiG layout, I have been fascinated and thrilled with its power and flexibility. I recommend the RFE for MiG layout.

Submitted On 22-JUN-2008

MIG-Layout I learned within an hour. For GridBagLayout it took me days.

AWESOME and very flexible it is! I vote for it being part of JAVA 7

Submitted On 22-JUN-2008
jayse.brock

I dont think I have used an easier and more versatile layout.  It would be shameful to leave this layout out of the next java release. It has made layout so easy I can truly focus on "big picture" design without being limited by HUI constraints. I love it... 

Submitted On 24-JUN-2008

Integrate it...

Submitted On 24-JUN-2008

Integrate it...

Submitted On 25-JUN-2008
CinTAK

I agree that all LayoutManagers are poor to use except the groupLaoyout and Mig. But, I  think the more important thing is Helper-functions in JDK to create GUIs by IDE with mouse and/or by hands with coding for every layoutMamangers, so that we can easily extends IDEs and tools for developping GUI. 

Submitted On 26-JUN-2008
Marcin.Bablok

I wish MiG Layout existed ( or I knew about it) when I started my Swing projects. It is by far superior to all others and it is a pleasure to work with. Integrate it into Java 7!

Submitted On 01-JUL-2008
ig999999

Please, please include this in JSE 7.x

Submitted On 01-JUL-2008
xcirclex

+1

Submitted On 01-JUL-2008
xcirclex

Vote for FlexLayout name 

Submitted On 02-JUL-2008
Miroslav_Nachev

Yes

Submitted On 03-JUL-2008

it is so easy,simple,fast  to construct the GUI. Perfect Java GUI Layout.

Submitted On 04-JUL-2008
garamchai

Mig Layout is awesome!!. I wish it is made part of JDK.

Inayat

Submitted On 11-JUL-2008
grndvl1

Gets my vote we use it in our security software and has saved a ton of time with layout our visual components.

Submitted On 16-JUL-2008
pentavalle

Surely better than formlayout!

Submitted On 01-AUG-2008

I use this a lot - Include it

Submitted On 17-AUG-2008
StanHirsh

I am the CTO of a small biotech startup. We use Java for the backand as well as for the fronend (Rich client). Please keep the effort to make Java/Swing/fx a considerable bundle when it comes to client side Java - one step would be to have a sophisticated LayoutManager in swing - thus please sign me in for including MiG

Submitted On 31-AUG-2008
alphaville76

I vote to include MiGLayout in Java 7.0. 

Submitted On 02-SEP-2008
zarama

I vote for MigLayout to be included as an alternative to Swing Layouts; 

I am new to Swing and after several frustrating days with Swing Layouts, and NetBens integrated GUI tool, I found MigLayout; it is all I use now to manually define the necessary panels for the application; thanks for a great programmer's tool.

Submitted On 02-SEP-2008
zarama

My vote for it.

New to Swing and had a terrible time with Layouts until I discover MigLayout; I use it in place of NetBeans Gui tool, and prefer to code the application panels by hand; I can get the app running and looking much better than when guided by the IDE;

Thanks for MigLayout a programmer's tool that should be available on the JDK as an alternate layout API; perhaps JavaFX should incorporate it also; hint, hint..

PLEASE NOTE: JDK6 is formerly known as Project Mustang