system.gui.reshapeComponent

Deprecated

As of 7.8.1. See system.gui.transform() instead.

Description

Sets a component's position and size at runtime. The coordinates work in the same way as the system.gui.moveComponent function.

Syntax

system.gui.reshapeComponent(component, x, y, width, height)

• Parameters

  • JComponent component - The component to move.
  • int x - The x-coordinate to move to, relative to the upper-left corner of the component's parent container.
  • int y - The y-coordinate to move to, relative to the upper-left corner of the component's parent container.
  • int width - The new width for the component
  • int height - The new height for the component

• Returns

  • Nothing

• Scope

  • Client

Code Examples

Code Snippet

#This code would go in a Timer's propertyChange script for animation.
  
if event.propertyName == "value":
   newX = event.newValue;
   newWidth = int(event.newValue*1.5)
   rect = event.source.parent.getComponent("Rectangle")
   system.gui.reshapeComponent(rect, newX, 150, newWidth, 80)