why is data structure alignment important for performance?

Alignment helps the CPU fetch data from memory in an efficient manner: less cache miss/flush, less bus transactions etc. Some memory types (e.g. RDRAM, DRAM etc.) need to be accessed in a structured manner (aligned “words” and in “burst transactions” i.e. many words at one time) in order to yield efficient results. This is due … Read more

CSS align images and text on same line

You can either use (on the h4 elements, as they are block by default) display: inline-block; Or you can float the elements to the left/rght float: left; Just don’t forget to clear the floats after clear: left; More visual example for the float left/right option as shared below by @VSB: <h4> <div style=”float:left;”>Left Text</div> <div … Read more

How to center cells in JTable

I’ve pared your example down to the essentials: Your custom renderer, r, should condition the alignment, as well as size and color. Override model methods in the model, not in the view. Swing GUI objects should be constructed and manipulated only on the event dispatch thread. Use deriveFont() as required. See also this tutorial section … Read more

How to align input forms in HTML

The accepted answer (setting an explicit width in pixels) makes it hard to make changes, and breaks when your users use a different font size. Using CSS tables, on the other hand, works great: form { display: table; } p { display: table-row; } label { display: table-cell; } input { display: table-cell; } <form> … Read more