Positioning of objects

i have a JDialog and want to position the components so that they pass exactly . for example i have a JLabel but only part of it seen ,
should i give the size of any component maually
the other problem is that the user should be able to enter data in JTextfield but only figures , how can i forbid entering of figures
thanks in advance

Do you know how can i set the size of the objects
.setSize(new Dimension(x, y))and look at
.setMinimumSize()
.setMaximumSize()
how can i set the JDialog unresizable ?Look at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/java/awt/Dialog.html#setResizable(boolean)

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Please go to Http://www.apple.com/feedback and select the appropriate product to make bug reports, product suggestions, etc...
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surprise wrote:
how do you set the positioning of an object in javaBefore you worry about this, you had better go through the Sun Swing tutorials. You are making a critical error trying to mix AWT components (i.e., Panels) with Swing components. Unless you really know what you are doing (and in this situation, you don't), this shouldn't be done.
and i want to display these instances on a JPanel in another class which myclass1 should be on the left and myclass2 on the right 100 pixels away from the other.You should read up on the Layout managers. BoxLayout may work well here, though again, first go through the basic Swing tutorials.
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aw h�ll, you've already been told much of this in your cross-post. You've also got another cross-post in the Java-2D forum. Unless you are trying to piss us off, you'd best refrain from cross-posting.
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Dear Adobe
System info: Mac OS X 10.9, Muse 7.1 Build 329, Chrome, Safari and Firefox in the newest versions.
I use Muse since version 5 and this effect does exist 'til today (v7.1) without any changes.
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