Beginers Q: JTextArea

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pat - 30 Jul 2005 08:30 GMT

hi,

as an exercise, i am writing a simple text editor.

i have attached a JTextArea component to a JPanel component, and then
added this to a JFrame.

my problem is, when i resize the JFrame (by clicking on Maximise
button) the JTextArea component does not resize.

any help is greatly appreciated.

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Andrew Thompson - 30 Jul 2005 09:09 GMT

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Beginners 'Q's are best dealt with on a different group..
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> i have attached a JTextArea component to a JPanel component, and then
> added this to a JFrame.
>
> my problem is, when i resize the JFrame (by clicking on Maximise
> button) the JTextArea component does not resize.

This one is way easy. Change the semi-colon after the second
closing brace of line 243 from a ':' to a ';'. That should
fix the problem right up.

No?

Then maybe you should tell us your (SHORT) code that fails..
(please read this document in its entirety for tips on that code)
<http://www.physci.org/codes/sscce.jsp>

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Michael Rauscher - 30 Jul 2005 09:12 GMT

pat schrieb:

> hi,
>
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> my problem is, when i resize the JFrame (by clicking on Maximise
> button) the JTextArea component does not resize.

JPanel uses FlowLayout by default. But FlowLayout doesn't fit to your
needs. Use BorderLayout instead and add the JTextArea to the center:

JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panel.add( textArea );

Or to be more specific:
panel.add( textArea, BorderLayout.CENTER );

Bye
Michael

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Beginers Q: JTextArea

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