A simple question about applets

[srekcus]

I'm very new to applets so I hope my question makes sense.

I want to be able to place GUI components in my applet but not have them sit on top of the main applet viewing area. For example, if I place a JComboBox in the upper left corner, I would like the applet to read the coordinates (0,0) below it.

Thanks!

[nspils]

You can certainly subdivide the area of the applet frame, and place a container within the applet frame which will give you a "local" point of reference of ( 0, 0 ) for that container. You looking to do some drawing?

Have you thought about a tranform of your axis after placing the JComboBox?

[srekcus]

thanks for the reply. I probably could have worded my question by asking if I can define the area that the paint() method accesses. For the applet I'm working on, I placed a combo box at the top and it hovers over some shapes that are being drawn.

[nspils]

Is there another container which will support your drawing?

[srekcus]

No, there's just one container. I just found out how to do this on the API website though. I have to use the translate method in the Graphics class