Hello all,

This must be a common problem. Please tell me it is.

Here's a simple version of the problem: I have a JPanel using a FlowLayout.
Within the JPanel I have one component: a JLabel whose text is a single
character in length. The JPanel has a TitledBorder whose text is much longer
than the singled character JLabel. When the JPanel is displayed its border's
text is truncated because FlowLayout does not respect the text in the
TitledBorder. Actually, *no* layout manager is going to repsect the size of
the border's text, so this isn't a FlowLayout problem per se.

The code sample below shows the exact problem.

I'm hoping to find a (simple) way of making the FlowLayout take into account
the text in the TitledBorder.

Yes, I know I can get the size of the border's text, convert it to pixels,
override the panel's getPreferredSize() method, etc. but that's so ugly.

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class Tester2 {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
   JFrame f = new JFrame();
   f.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());

   JPanel panel = new JPanel();
   panel.setBackground(Color.pink);
   panel.add(new JLabel("X"));
   panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Long TitledBorder
Text"));

   f.getContentPane().add(panel);

   f.pack();
   f.setVisible(true);
 }
}