Golden ratio in GUI design

[paulreiners]

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));

[shaunxcode]

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

[jpterry → shaunxcode]

He is. The first argument is the width, the second is the height. Therefore, the height is calculated based on the golden ratio applied to the width.