If I use a JTextArea with MigLayout like this:
MigLayout thisLayout = new MigLayout("", "[][grow]", "[]20[]");
this.setLayout(thisLayout);
{
jLabel1 = new JLabel();
this.add(jLabel1, "cell 0 0");
jLabel1.setText("jLabel1");
}
{
jTextArea1 = new JTextArea();
this.add(jTextArea1, "cell 0 1 2 1,growx");
jTextArea1.setText("jTextArea1");
jTextArea1.setLineWrap(false);
}
then the JTextArea grows and shrinks perfectly when resizing the window. When I set the linewrap to true the JTextArea is not shrinking when I make the window smaller again. I would very much appreciate any help. Thanks
Marcel
This is because JTextArea
's automatically have their minimum width set anytime they resize. Details are available on the MigLayout forum. To roughly summarize, create a panel that contains the JTextArea
and gives you further control over the resize behavior. Here's an excerpt from the above forum post:
static class MyPanel extends JPanel implements Scrollable
{
MyPanel(LayoutManager layout)
{
super(layout);
}
public Dimension getPreferredScrollableViewportSize()
{
return getPreferredSize();
}
public int getScrollableBlockIncrement(Rectangle visibleRect, int orientation, int direction)
{
return 0;
}
public boolean getScrollableTracksViewportHeight()
{
return false;
}
public boolean getScrollableTracksViewportWidth()
{
return true;
}
public int getScrollableUnitIncrement(Rectangle visibleRect, int orientation, int direction)
{
return 0;
}
}
Then, wherever you would use the JTextArea, use the panel containing the text area:
MigLayout thisLayout = new MigLayout("", "[][grow]", "[]20[]");
this.setLayout(thisLayout);
{
jLabel1 = new JLabel();
this.add(jLabel1, "cell 0 0");
jLabel1.setText("jLabel1");
}
{
JPanel textAreaPanel = new MyPanel(new MigLayout("wrap", "[grow,fill]", "[]"));
jTextArea1 = new JTextArea();
textAreaPanel.add(jTextArea1);
this.add(textAreaPanel, "cell 0 1 2 1,grow,wmin 10");
jTextArea1.setText("jTextArea1");
jTextArea1.setLineWrap(false);
}
I just discovered that this can simply be resolved by changing the line
this.add(jTextArea1, "cell 0 1 2 1,growx");
to
this.add(jTextArea1, "cell 0 1 2 1,growx, wmin 10");
and no extra panels are needed. Setting an explicit minimum size is what does the trick.
Explanation: see the note under the section on padding in the MiGLayout whitepaper:
http://www.migcalendar.com/miglayout/whitepaper.html