How do I develop a resize mechanisim for a Java GUI?

Scott Stanchfield

You don't need to!

The standard Java AWT library provides layout management classes that you can use to automatically resize the components in your GUI based on window size, font changes, or any other change that would affect the appearance of your GUI.

I would recommend that you read my layout manager tutorial at http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/GUI/AWTLayoutMgr/ for more details on layout managers