Absolute alignment in AWT/Swing code

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports usages of absolute alignment constants from AWT and Swing. Internationalized applications use relative alignment because it respects the locale component orientation settings.

Example:

JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(2, 2));
JLabel label = new JLabel("Hello World");
panel.add(label, BorderLayout.NORTH);

After the quick-fix is applied:

JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(2, 2));
JLabel label = new JLabel("Hello World");
panel.add(label, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);

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AbsoluteAlignmentInUserInterface
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Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Java, 243.23126