JTextArea Problem

I have a JFrame with a JBoxLayout set Y_AXIS and inside the JFrame i have two JPanels
each with some componets inside them and have put both JPanels inside the JFrame,
but for some reason the JPanel with the JTextArea does not show up. :confused:

Here is my source code:

Code :

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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
 
 
public class FileTest extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
	private BoxLayout vbox;
	private JPanel panel;
	private JPanel topPanel;
	private JTextArea txtBox;
	private JButton openBtn;
	private JButton closeBtn;
 
	public FileTest() {
		super("FileTest");
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
		vbox = new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
 
		txtBox = new JTextArea("Hello World", 10, 80);
 
		topPanel = new JPanel();
		topPanel.add(txtBox);
		add(topPanel);
 
		openBtn = new JButton("Open");
		closeBtn = new JButton("Close");
 
		panel = new JPanel();
		panel.add(openBtn);
		panel.add(closeBtn);
		add(panel);
 
		pack();
		setVisible(true);
	}
 
	@Override
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 
	}
 
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		FileTest test = new FileTest();
	}
 
}

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Something doesn't seem right about the layout. do a System.out.println(this.getLayout()) to see what I mean.

I presume you want to use that BoxLayout for the JFrame layout? Try setting the layout of the content pane instead of the JFrame.

Code :

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getContentPane().setLayout(new BoxLayout(getContentPane(), BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

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--NeverMind, copeg got it :<--