Golden ratio in GUI design

by paulreiners on 12/17/2009, 9:44 PM with 2 comments

Does anyone else try to use the golden ratio in their GUI components? I've been doing this for awhile now and it does make them look better, I think.

    final double goldenRatio = 1.61803399;
    dialog.setSize(
        DIALOG_WIDTH,
        (int) Math.round(DIALOG_WIDTH / goldenRatio));

  • by shaunxcode on 12/17/2009, 11:51 PM

    I am not sure I understand - wouldn't you want to be working with the DIALOG_HEIGHT in relation to the DIALOG_WIDTH?