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I've looked around for a while now and I can't seem to figure out how to do this.
I have lots of components within my JFrame and I am able to resize my JFrame. When I resize the JFrame I want the internal components to resize along with the JFrame, but instead they stay exactly where they were when the GUI was first run.
How can I fix this problem? Is there a value I'm not setting somewhere or what?
Edit:
Also, I'm not using any layout manager.
getContentPane().setLayout(null);
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Edit: Also, I'm not using any layout manager. getContentPane().setLayout(null);
That's your problem. You should almost never use null layout. It is much easier to use and maintain a gui that uses layout managers in a smart way. Read the layout manager tutorials as they can help.
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Before I start, I'm aware that its a bad idea to not use a Layout Manager and usually I do use one, however, I also have all my components automatically re-size and relocate based on the size of the window. In addition the program I'm working on is only intended to run on 1 machine throughout its entire lifetime. Please don't downvote me just because of lack of layout manager, I found it to be what I need for this particular program.
To my issue, I found a similar post on stackoverflow but a solution was never achieved.
I'm adding a dynamic amount of JLabels to my JPanel, I've noticed that when not using a layout manager, the scroller doesn't work.
This is a simplified version of my initialization code.
JPanel mypanel = new JPanel();
mypanel.setLayout(null);
mypanel.setSize(800,450);
mypanel.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
mypanel.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
scrollablePanel = new JScrollPane(mypanel);
scrollablePanel.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scrollablePanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,300));
scrollablePanel.setSize(800,300);
scrollablePanel.setLocation(250,156);
myContainer.add(scrollablePanel);
where myContainer would be the container (also without a layout manager). The JLabels are added later on to the JPanel with:
enter code heremypanel.add(label1);
after some basic settings are set for the labels such as setForeground and setBackground.
Unfortunately when run, the scrollbar appears as if its not required (see image)
http://i.imgur.com/zp0QKGG.png
The table text seen in the image is made up of multiple JLabels.
If it's not possible to resolve the issue without using a Layout Manager I will switch to BoxLayout, I was just hoping there would be a solution.
The problem is JScrollPanel needs the preferred size of the view component to determine when the view exceeds the scroll pane's viewable area.
The preferred size of a component is normally determined via the layout manager. While you can use setPreferredSize, it is typically discouraged and you will simply run into the same problem as the content exceeds what ever value you decide to set.
A better solution would be to use a LayoutManager or compound layout (using multiple layout managers over multiple containers) to achieve the result you desired...or write your own...
I'm working on a Swing Application. The application needs to be in fullscreen all the time including its components. I made the application fullscreen using frmSwingapplication.setExtendedState(Frame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
The JFrame contains 2 JPanels. One has JTree and upon the selection of node of the JTree, a new panel is painted in another JPanel.
The problem is, when the application is minimized, it looks like
However when I maximize it, it looks like That is, only covering the portion it did while minimized. How can I resolve this issue? I tried setting size and bounds of container I got from getContentPane() but it was all useless. I even tried it with frame.pack(); and frame.setVisible(true);
You have to use proper layout managers:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/visual.html
Certain layout managers will use all the available space and size/lay out components inside them to fill the whole area. Examples for such layout managers are BorderLayout, GridLayout.
Before I start, I'm aware that its a bad idea to not use a Layout Manager and usually I do use one, however, I also have all my components automatically re-size and relocate based on the size of the window. In addition the program I'm working on is only intended to run on 1 machine throughout its entire lifetime. Please don't downvote me just because of lack of layout manager, I found it to be what I need for this particular program.
To my issue, I found a similar post on stackoverflow but a solution was never achieved.
I'm adding a dynamic amount of JLabels to my JPanel, I've noticed that when not using a layout manager, the scroller doesn't work.
This is a simplified version of my initialization code.
JPanel mypanel = new JPanel();
mypanel.setLayout(null);
mypanel.setSize(800,450);
mypanel.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
mypanel.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
scrollablePanel = new JScrollPane(mypanel);
scrollablePanel.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scrollablePanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,300));
scrollablePanel.setSize(800,300);
scrollablePanel.setLocation(250,156);
myContainer.add(scrollablePanel);
where myContainer would be the container (also without a layout manager). The JLabels are added later on to the JPanel with:
enter code heremypanel.add(label1);
after some basic settings are set for the labels such as setForeground and setBackground.
Unfortunately when run, the scrollbar appears as if its not required (see image)
http://i.imgur.com/zp0QKGG.png
The table text seen in the image is made up of multiple JLabels.
If it's not possible to resolve the issue without using a Layout Manager I will switch to BoxLayout, I was just hoping there would be a solution.
The problem is JScrollPanel needs the preferred size of the view component to determine when the view exceeds the scroll pane's viewable area.
The preferred size of a component is normally determined via the layout manager. While you can use setPreferredSize, it is typically discouraged and you will simply run into the same problem as the content exceeds what ever value you decide to set.
A better solution would be to use a LayoutManager or compound layout (using multiple layout managers over multiple containers) to achieve the result you desired...or write your own...
I've made a java application in netbeans and am wondering how to have the size of the jframe half the width and height of the computer resolution and also having the components comply with this change. I tried putting code and it did make the frame half the height of the computer resolution but my components, such as buttons and textfields, stopped showing. How can I achieve this? Thanks.
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Set the JFrame's layout manager to GridLayout. In the properties window of the GridLayout itself (select in the navigator window) set columns to 1 and rows to 2. This should give you what you want and you won't have to get into the code.
This is the key code being called within the initComponents() method of your JFrame subclass (created by NetBeans) but it is important to understand where it is:
getContentPane().setLayout(new java.awt.GridLayout(2, 1));
I love Netbeans but you do have to understand the basics.
Good luck with your project. Swing is an awesome toolset that was way ahead of it's time.
As usual in this situation the key is using the right combination of layout managers for your containers. You're probably using NetBeans generated code (something I recommend you avoid until you are very comfortable with Swing coding), and it's probably having you use GroupLayout, a fine layout, but one that might not behave as well as you'd like on resizing components. I suggest that you go through the layout manager tutorial and try to nest JPanel containers and play with different layouts that re-size well such as GridLayout, GridBagLayout and BorderLayout to try to create the best layout that can re-size well.
I'm building a GUI application, and within a JFrame i have 2 jcombobox's and a JPanel to view certain data. Now when i call the pack() methode in the main class it puts the two jcombobox'es next to my JPanel, which i dont want, because I want them North. Ofcourse I've tried to hard-code it in my code, but it doesn't work after I've called the pack() method.
Are there any alternatives to this method?
Only one component can be NORTH, so if you want both ComboBoxes to be NORTH you have to add them into a separate container. This separate container can then be put NORTH.
(Post the source for more exact help.)
All pack does is resize the Window (in this case JFrame) to its preferred size and the preferred sizes of its sub-components. To control the actual location of the sub-components relative to one another you need to use an appropriate LayoutManager.
You might want to check out the Using Layout Managers tutorial.
The pack() method just causes the layouting to happen, it has abolutely nothing to do with what is put where.
Most likely you're not using layout managers correctly. Show us your code and we can tell you waht exactly you're doing wrong.
You can avoid using pack by explicitly setting the frame size with setSize and setBounds. However, using pack is usually the preferred way as it leaves the frame layout manager in charge of the frame size.
That being said, the problem you are describing appears to be related to the correct use of a layout manager rather than the sizing of the frame. Have a look at the various layout managers for Swing and how to use them: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17409_01/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/using.html.