i am new to java swing, currently i am developing an application using java swing, i am facing the problem is that when i populate my JList with JScrollPane it is displaying on my whole jframe.
code:
List<Element> parentElements = xmlUtil.getParentElements();
String title = "License";
JFrame f = new JFrame(title);
String[] parentTags = new String[parentElements.size()];
for(int i=0;i<parentElements.size();i++)
{
System.out.println(parentElements.get(i).getName());
parentTags[i] = parentElements.get(i).getName();
}
JList list = new JList(parentTags);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(list, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50,40));
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
Container contentPane = f.getContentPane();
contentPane.add(scrollPane);
f.setSize(900, 700);
f.setVisible(true);
Output:
i want output like this so it can cover small area in jframe
Please tell me how to resize it ? as i am stuck into this problem from very long time.
Add the JScrollPane to a JPanel and then add the JPanel to the JFrame:
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(list, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
Container contentPane = f.getContentPane();
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.add(scrollPane);
panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50,40));
contentPane.add(panel);
Then you can use the setPreferredSize method of the JPanel to resize it how you want.
Also consider using a good layout manager. I use a combination of two (primarily):
Netbeans' drag-and-drop WYSIWYG editor (Matisse)
MigLayout -- easily the best hand-written layout available. Some learning curve required (but less learning than the rest).
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I have been working on this for hours. I honestly cannot figure it out. I have JTextArea's inside a JSplitPane which is inside a JPanel with a JButton and all that is put in my JFrame. I am using Layout managers. I have tried using pack(). I have tried using preferred sizes. Without the JPanel my button does not display in the proper location or switch buttons in other Tabs. With the JPanel it cuts off all my text, stops the scroll function(yes I have tried setting the TextAreas to always have horizontal and vertical scroll bars...does not solve the problem where text just stops wrapping for no apparent reason).
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
Deck blackjack = new Deck(Deck.TYPE[0]);
JTextArea textBlackjackUnshuffled = new JTextArea();
JTextArea textBlackjackShuffle = new JTextArea();
JButton shuffleButtonBlackjack = new JButton(new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(new File("res/shuffle.png"))));
JToolBar toolBarBlackjack = new JToolBar("Blackjack");
JSplitPane splitPaneBlackjack = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
JTabbedPane tabbedPaneBlackJack = new JTabbedPane();
JTabbedPane tabbedPaneCanasta = new JTabbedPane();
JTabbedPane tabbedPanePinochle = new JTabbedPane();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
textBlackjackUnshuffled.setColumns(10);
textBlackjackUnshuffled.setLineWrap(true);
textBlackjackUnshuffled.setWrapStyleWord(true);
textBlackjackUnshuffled.setEditable(false);
textBlackjackUnshuffled.setFont(new Font("DejaVu Sans", Font.PLAIN, 100));
textBlackjackUnshuffled.append(blackjack.toString());
textBlackjackShuffle.setColumns(10);
textBlackjackShuffle.setLineWrap(true);
textBlackjackShuffle.setWrapStyleWord(true);
textBlackjackShuffle.setEditable(false);
textBlackjackShuffle.setFont(new Font("DejaVu Sans", Font.PLAIN, 100));
textBlackjackShuffle.append(blackjack.toString());
shuffleButtonBlackjack.setBorderPainted(false);
shuffleButtonBlackjack.setFocusPainted(false);
shuffleButtonBlackjack.setContentAreaFilled(false);
splitPaneBlackjack.add(new JScrollPane(textBlackjackUnshuffled));
splitPaneBlackjack.add(new JScrollPane(textBlackjackShuffle));
panel.add(splitPaneBlackjack, BorderLayout.CENTER);
panel.add(shuffleButtonBlackjack, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
tabbedPaneBlackJack.addTab("Blackjack", panel);
frame.add(tabbedPaneBlackJack);
frame.setSize(new Dimension(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize()));
frame.setVisible(true);
}
You're adding the JScrollPanes to the panel in BorderLayout positions, but have not set the layout manager of panel to BorderLayout. In this situation, panel will be using JPanel's default layout manager, FlowLayout, a manager which is not smart enough to respect the scroll pane's preferred sizes.
Your code needs:
panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
I'm making an attempt at making a mini paint program.
I'm trying to have scroll bars and a paint surface in a JPanel (paint surface in the center, scroll bars on south and east)
CPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JScrollPane horiPane = new JScrollPane(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
JScrollPane vertiPane = new JScrollPane(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
CPanel.add(horiPane, BorderLayout.EAST);
CPanel.add(vertiPane, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
PaintSurface p = new PaintSurface();
p.setPreferredSize(dim);
CPanel.add(p, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Problem is when I resize it, it just resizes the paint surface and the JPanel to fix the new size instead of allowing for scrolling
How can I fix this?
You are using the JScrollPane incorrectly. The basic code is:
PaintSurface paintSurface = new PaintSurface();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane( paintSurface );
cPanel.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Start by reading the Swing Tutorial for the basics of using all Swing components.
Since im a beginner and i don't want to get involved with the layout managers, i was simply adding a JPanel into my main JFrame and giving spesific location to each component in the panel. But somehow the output appears way too wrong..
frame = new JFrame(email + " (Offline)");
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setLocation(0, 0);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
{
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
{
// out.println("BYE");
// out.flush();
frame.dispose();
thread.stop();
}
});
panel = new JPanel();
frame.add(panel);
chat = new JTextArea();
chat.setSize(400, 200);
chat.setLocation(0, 0);
chat.setEditable(false);
panel.add(chat);
panel.validate();
JLabel you = new JLabel("You:");
you.setSize(you.getPreferredSize());
you.setLocation(0, 210);
panel.add(you);
panel.validate();
input = new JTextArea();
input.setSize(200, 200);
input.setLocation(0, 220 + chat.getSize().height);
panel.add(input);
panel.validate();
send = new JButton("Send");
send.setSize(send.getPreferredSize());
send.setLocation(210, 220 + chat.getSize().height);
panel.add(send);
panel.validate();
frame.setVisible(true);
The outcome of this frame is that text areas are invisible, a You: label in the middle and next to the right of it the button.. What am i missing here?
Again, don't use null layout since it makes updating and maintaining your GUI much more difficult than it should be, and can lead to ugly GUI's if you plan on having them run on multiple platforms. Instead
Use several JPanels, each one holding a core group of components and each using its best layout manager
Nest these JPanels in other JPanels that use the best layout manager to display them
and that will allow your GUI to be resizeable without need of extra code.
Put your JTextAreas in JScrollPanes so that you can see all text even if it goes beyond the text area.
Never set the size of the JTextArea as that will not allow it to scroll. Instead set its columns and rows.
As a very simple example, run this to see what I mean:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class FooSwing2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JTextArea chatArea = new JTextArea(8, 40);
chatArea.setEditable(false);
chatArea.setFocusable(false);
JScrollPane chatScroll = new JScrollPane(chatArea);
JPanel chatPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
chatPanel.add(new JLabel("Chat:", SwingConstants.LEFT), BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
chatPanel.add(chatScroll);
JTextField inputField = new JTextField(40);
JButton sendBtn = new JButton("Send");
JPanel inputPanel = new JPanel();
inputPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(inputPanel, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS));
inputPanel.add(inputField);
inputPanel.add(sendBtn);
JPanel youLabelPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT, 0, 0));
youLabelPanel.add(new JLabel("You:"));
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
mainPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(mainPanel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
mainPanel.add(chatPanel);
mainPanel.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(10));
mainPanel.add(youLabelPanel);
mainPanel.add(inputPanel);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Foo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
This would result in a simple (non-functioning) GUI that looked like this:
Now say you want to change this and add another button, an "exit" JButton to the right of the send JButton. If you used null layout, you'd have to resize your GUI, you'd have to move the send button over to the left and make sure that your math was without error, etc. If you used layout managers, you'd need just two new lines of code (to change the display, not the functionality of course):
JTextField inputField = new JTextField(40);
JButton sendBtn = new JButton("Send");
JButton exitBtn = new JButton("Exit"); // ***** added
JPanel inputPanel = new JPanel();
inputPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(inputPanel, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS));
inputPanel.add(inputField);
inputPanel.add(sendBtn);
inputPanel.add(exitBtn); // ***** added
That's it, and this would display:
I am trying to add a scroll bar to a JTextArea. Would someone please tell me what I did wrong with the code below?
JFrame frame = new JFrame ("Test");
JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea ("Test");
JScrollPane scrollV = new JScrollPane (textArea);
JScrollPane scrollH = new JScrollPane (textArea);
scrollV.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scrollH.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
frame.setVisible (true);
Thank you in advance.
EDIT: I fixed the code with the Adel Boutros' advice below.
//FRAME
JFrame frame = new JFrame ("Test");
frame.setSize(500,500);
frame.setResizable(false);
//
//TEXT AREA
JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea("TEST");
textArea.setSize(400,400);
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
textArea.setEditable(false);
textArea.setVisible(true);
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane (textArea);
scroll.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
frame.add(scroll);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
It doesn't work because you didn't attach the ScrollPane to the JFrame.
Also, you don't need 2 JScrollPanes:
JFrame frame = new JFrame ("Test");
JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea ("Test");
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane (textArea,
JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
frame.add(scroll);
frame.setVisible (true);
Open design view
Right click to textArea
open surround with option
select "...JScrollPane".
A scroll pane is a container which contains another component. You can't add your text area to two different scroll panes. The scroll pane takes care of the horizontal and vertical scroll bars.
And if you never add the scroll pane to the frame, it will never be visible.
Read the swing tutorial about scroll panes.
You don't need two JScrollPanes.
Example:
JTextArea ta = new JTextArea();
JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(ta);
// Add the scroll pane into the content pane
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.getContentPane().add(sp);
I'd like to use a JScrollPane for a panel which has an arbitrary list of labels in it using box layout. I'm trying to get it so that the scrollbar would appear if there were too many items (labels) to display.
I tried adding a JScrollPane to the panel and then add the labels but then I don't see any scroll bar.
Any ideas?
TIA
For this kind of thing, you'd normally use a JList or JTable (if you need custom rendering).
Make sure that you call validate() or revalidate() on the JScrollPane after adding an item, to force the preferred size of the panel to be recalculated.
Here's how I did it.
JPanel midPanel = new JPanel();
midPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(midPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
midPanel.add(new JLabel("<html><u>Label</u>"));
Box box = Box.createVerticalBox();
for (Item item : data.getInventory()) {
inventory.add(box.add(new JLabel(item.getName())));
}
JScrollPane jscrlpBox = new JScrollPane(box);
midPanel.add(jscrlpBox);
add(midPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
From:
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Swing-JFC/JScrollPanetoholdscrollablecomponent.htm
Did you remember to set the preferred size of the content panel?
final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Scroll Demo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
final Box textArea = Box.createVerticalBox();
final JScrollPane textAreaScroll = new JScrollPane(textArea);
textAreaScroll.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(80,150)); /* essential! */
JButton addButton = new JButton("ADD");
addButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
textArea.add(new JLabel("abc"));
textArea.revalidate();
}
});
frame.getContentPane().add(textAreaScroll, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.getContentPane().add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(10,10)), BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.getContentPane().add(addButton, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
In this example, the scroll bar works correctly, but if you remove the line marked as "essential", it will not work anymore.