some background:
I work with a language called BBj. It has its own api for positioning elements on the screen - generally speaking you must specify where things go and how big they are. There is no layoutmanager facility. But it is possible to call into java code.

I would like to use MigLayout anyway. I am thinking that I could add components ( something lightweight ) to a 'virtual' panel using miglayout constraints and then query the positions / sizes of the components. Each component would correspond to an actual visible BBj component. If a window is resized I could ask the virtual JPanel to resize and then require the positions and set the sizes / positions via the BBj api.

Can MigLayout be used to arrange / layout components in panels that are never visible?

thanks
Steve

Hello,

Yes, sure. MigLayout is made to be ported to any GUI language.

Look at this doc for some more info: http://miglayout.com/Porting.pdf

Cheers,
Mikael

thanks for pointing in the right direction

Steve