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Thread: How to set the Listbox size.

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    Lightbulb How to set the Listbox size.

    AIM: I want to display a listbox on the left side of a pael and the labels, textboxes, and buttons on the right.

    This is the code for my panel - it is a scrollpane:-
    import javax.swing.*;
    import javax.swing.border.*;
    import java.awt.*;
     
     
    public class Users extends JScrollPane{
     
    	JList list;
    	DefaultListModel data;
    	JLabel lName,lPassword,lType;
    	JTextField tName, tPassword,tType;
    	JButton clear,add,edit,delete;
     
    	Users(){
    		init();
    		add();
    	}
     
    	void init(){
    		this.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
    		this.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
     
    		data = new DefaultListModel();
    		//data.addElement("a");
    		list = new JList(data);
     
    		lName = new JLabel("Name");
    		lPassword = new JLabel("Password");
    		lType  = new JLabel("Type");
     
    		tName = new JTextField(20); 
    		tPassword = new JTextField(20); 
    		tType = new JTextField(20);
     
    		clear = new JButton("Clear");
    		add = new JButton("Add");
    		edit = new JButton("Edit");
    		delete = new JButton("Delete");
     
    		Font f = new Font("courier", Font.PLAIN, 14);
    		lName.setFont(f);
    		lPassword.setFont(f);
    		lType.setFont(f);
    		tName.setFont(f);
    		tPassword.setFont(f);
    		tType.setFont(f);
    		clear.setFont(f);
    		add.setFont(f);
    		edit.setFont(f);
    		delete.setFont(f);
    		list.setFont(f);
     
    	}
     
     
    	void add(){
    		GridBagConstraints gc = new GridBagConstraints();
    		gc.insets = new Insets(5,5,5,5);
     
    		JPanel buttonPane = new JPanel();
    		TitledBorder tb = new TitledBorder("Functions");
    		buttonPane.setBorder(tb);
    		buttonPane.add(clear);
    		buttonPane.add(add);
    		buttonPane.add(edit);
    		buttonPane.add(delete);
     
    		JPanel dataPane = new JPanel();
    		tb = new TitledBorder("Data");
    		dataPane.setBorder(tb);
    		dataPane.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
     
    		gc.gridy = 0;
    		gc.gridx=0;
    		dataPane.add(lName,gc);
    		gc.gridx=1;
    		dataPane.add(tName,gc);
     
    		gc.gridy = 1;
    		gc.gridx=0;
    		dataPane.add(lPassword,gc);
    		gc.gridx=1;
    		dataPane.add(tPassword,gc);
     
    		gc.gridy = 2;
    		gc.gridx=0;
    		dataPane.add(lType,gc);
    		gc.gridx=1;
    		dataPane.add(tType,gc);
     
    		JScrollPane listPane = new JScrollPane(list);
    		tb = new TitledBorder("Select User");
    		listPane.setBorder(tb);
     
     
     
    		JPanel top = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
    		gc.gridx=0;
    		gc.gridy=0;
    		gc.gridheight=2;
    		gc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
    		gc.ipadx =100;
    		top.add(listPane,gc);
    		gc.ipadx=0;
    		gc.gridx=1;
    		gc.gridy = 0;
    		gc.gridheight=1;
    		gc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
    		top.add(dataPane,gc);
    		gc.gridy = 1;
    		top.add(buttonPane,gc);
     
    		this.setViewportView(top);
    	}
    }

    My problem is that I am not able to set a specific size for the listbox. In the above code, in the init() method, if you uncomment the comment, there is a change in the size of the list box.

    Please help.


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    Default Re: How to set the Listbox size.

    How about using the following.
    JList.setVisibleRowCount(n);

    That could be what you are after.

    Chris

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    Default Re: How to set the Listbox size.

    I shall try. But I think that this method may only affect the height. My concern is for the width also.

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    Default Re: How to set the Listbox size.

    setFixedCellWidth(int n) & same for height can be used then

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    Default Re: How to set the Listbox size.

    THANK YOU. It worked.

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