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AbsoluteLayout not showing anything

Andrei Țăranu
7 years ago Dec 21, 2015 1:12pm

Hello!
​I'm having a borderline embarrassing issue:
​I'm trying to use AbsoluteLayout in order to create a custom box with a label and some buttons inside it, but it doesn't show anything. Here's my code:

  Panel panel=new Panel();
  AbsoluteLayout casuta=new AbsoluteLayout();
  casuta.setSizeFull();
  Label datili=new Label("Aici tre sa vie datili");
 casuta.addComponent(datili, "top:40px;left:5px");
         panel.setContent(casuta);
         tot.addComponent(panel);

I'm seeing the outline from the panel, but there's nothing inside it. No label, nothing. Any clues? Thanks!
 

Aziz Rehman
7 years ago Dec 21, 2015 2:05pm

you need to give the initial absolute height and width to the absolute layout . the following code shows the label and layout:

Panel panel=new Panel();
          AbsoluteLayout casuta=new AbsoluteLayout();
          casuta.setHeight("300px");
          casuta.setWidth("500px");
          //casuta.setSizeFull();
          Label datili=new Label("Aici tre sa vie datili");
         casuta.addComponent(datili, "top:40px;left:5px");
                 panel.setContent(casuta);
                  tot.addComponent(panel);

 

+1
Andrei Țăranu
7 years ago Dec 21, 2015 5:49pm

Works like a charm! Thank you so much, Aziz!