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Thread: problem with BoxLayout and JTextField

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    Default problem with BoxLayout and JTextField

    I have a weird problem with laying out some JTextFields.

    This code works right:
                    JPanel setbuttonpanel = new JPanel();
    		setbuttonpanel.setLayout( new BoxLayout(setbuttonpanel, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS) );		
     		inputfield = new JTextField(20);
     		setbuttonpanel.add(inputfield);
     		setbuttonpanel.add( Box.createRigidArea( new Dimension(offset, 0) ) );
    		...
    		setbutton = new JButton(new SetAction("Set"));
    		setbuttonpanel.add(setbutton);
    		panel.add(setbuttonpanel);

    This code does not: (it blows up the textfield's height)
                    JPanel inputpanel = new JPanel();
    		inputpanel.setLayout( new BoxLayout(inputpanel,BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS)) ;
    		seedinput = new JTextField(5);
    		amountinput = new JTextField(5);				
    		inputpanel.add(seedinput);
    		inputpanel.add(amountinput);
    		panel.add(inputpanel);

    How can I fix this so both the textfields and the panel they are in have the size they should have?

    This is some compilable code that shows the same problem:
    package Test;
     
    import java.awt.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
     
    public class TestWindow
    {
    	private JFrame frame;
    	private JButton randombutton;
    	private JButton savebutton;
    	private JTextField seedinput;
    	private JTextField amountinput;
     
    	public TestWindow()
    	{
    		frame = new JFrame("Search Simulation");		
    		frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,600));
    		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    		int offset = 25;		
    		JPanel loadbuttonpanel = new JPanel();
    		loadbuttonpanel.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
    		loadbuttonpanel.setLayout( new BoxLayout(loadbuttonpanel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS) );
    		randombutton = new JButton("test");
    		loadbuttonpanel.add(randombutton);
    		JPanel inputpanel = new JPanel();		
    		inputpanel.setBackground(Color.GREEN);
    		inputpanel.setLayout( new BoxLayout(inputpanel,BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS)); // if you comment out this line they get the right size, but the panel still takes up all the space for some reason
    		seedinput = new JTextField(5);		
    		amountinput = new JTextField(5);				
    		inputpanel.add(seedinput);
    		inputpanel.add(amountinput);
    		loadbuttonpanel.add(inputpanel);
    		frame.add(loadbuttonpanel);
    		frame.pack();
    		frame.setVisible(true);
    	}
     
    	public static void main(String[] args)
    	{
    		SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new Runnable()
    		{
    			public void run()
    			{
    				TestWindow test = new TestWindow();		
    			}
    		});
    	}
    }


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    Default Re: problem with BoxLayout and JTextField

    Use the setpreferredSize method for the textfields and set the Dimensions the way you want them to be. You can even make a Dimension object and use that for the setpreferredSize for all your textfields since you want them the same size.

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    Default Re: problem with BoxLayout and JTextField

    setPreferredSize doesn't do anything here, setMaximumSize does work. I'm still confused why the first example does work though, since I can't see any real difference between the two examples.

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