Re: JTextField shrinking

  To: comp.lang.java.gui
On Jun 13, 10:04 pm, Hendrik Maryns <gtw37b...@sneakemail.com> wrote:


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Does 'comments' include questions?
Where did all the ~ characters come from?

<sscce>
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.*;

public class UIBuilder {
  public UIBuilder() {
    super();
    // Look-and-feel
    try {
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager
          .getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
    } catch (final Exception exc) {
      // fall back to default
      exc.printStackTrace();
    }
    final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    final JPanel np = new JPanel(true);
    final JButton treebankButton = new JButton("Treebank");
    treebankButton.setToolTipText("Choose a treebank.");
    treebankButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
      @Override
      public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
      // some useful stuff
      }
    });
    np.add(treebankButton);
    final JTextField treebankField = new JTextField(
        "Please choose a treebank.", 30);
    treebankField.setToolTipText("The treebank being queried.");
    treebankField.setName("Treebank");
    treebankField.setEditable(false);
    np.add(treebankField);
    frame.getContentPane().add(np, "North"); //$NON-NLS-1$
    frame.pack();

    // not the answer to the wider question, but
    // one way to solve it for the displayed UI
    frame.setMinimumSize( frame.getPreferredSize() );
    // please specify a close operation, before setting a PLAF!
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );

    frame.setVisible(true);
  }

  public static void main(final String[] args) {
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
        new UIBuilder();
      }
    });
  }
}
</sscce>

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Andrew T.

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