JTree indentation

How do I control the amount of indentation for a JTree?

I have found documentation for properties "Tree.leftChildIndent"
and "Tree.rightTreeIndent" that is confusing to me as to what
they do. The documentation for leftChildIndent says:

This plus Tree.rightChildIndent account for the
total space, along the y axis, to offset nodes
from their parent.

I don't understand this. Indentation is horizontal (along the
x axis, not y).

Regardless, I tried setting either or both of these properties
with no effect.

On 08/07/2012 05:54 PM, FredK wrote:
> How do I control the amount of indentation for a JTree?
>
> I have found documentation for properties "Tree.leftChildIndent"
> and "Tree.rightTreeIndent" that is confusing to me as to what
> they do. The documentation for leftChildIndent says:
>
> This plus Tree.rightChildIndent account for the
> total space, along the y axis, to offset nodes
> from their parent.
>
> I don't understand this. Indentation is horizontal (along the
> x axis, not y).

Please provide a pointer to the documentation you found.

>
> Regardless, I tried setting either or both of these properties
> with no effect.

Please provide a small compilable code example
that demonstrates the problem.

The first hit for a web search using;
"How do I control the amount of indentation for a JTree"
<http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0398.html>

On Aug 7, 6:22*pm, Jeff Higgins <j...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 08/07/2012 05:54 PM, FredK wrote:
>
> > How do I control the amount of indentation for a JTree?
>
> > I have found documentation for properties "Tree.leftChildIndent"
> > and "Tree.rightTreeIndent" that is confusing to me as to what
> > they do. The documentation for leftChildIndent says:
>
> > * * * *This plus Tree.rightChildIndent account for the
> > * * * *total space, along the y axis, to offset nodes
> > * * * *from their parent.
>
> > I don't understand this. Indentation is horizontal (along the
> > x axis, not y).
>
> Please provide a pointer to the documentation you found.
>

See:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/...roperties.html


>
>
> > Regardless, I tried setting either or both of these properties
> > with no effect.
>
> Please provide a small compilable code example
> that demonstrates the problem.
>
> The first hit for a web search using;
> "How do I control the amount of indentation for a JTree"
> <http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0398.html>

The suggestion there works. Thanks!

On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:54:43 -0700 (PDT), FredK
<fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>Regardless, I tried setting either or both of these properties
>with no effect.

perhaps there is something you have to do to tell it to re-render.
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