Once upon a time, . . . prior to 1.5, using JFrame's contentPane was the recommended approach. Read the notes for JFrame 1.4 and compare them to the notes for JFrame 1.5. Even after 1.5, obtaining...
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Re: JPanel and JText area keep resizing even though I'm telling it not to.
Once upon a time, . . . prior to 1.5, using JFrame's contentPane was the recommended approach. Read the notes for JFrame 1.4 and compare them to the notes for JFrame 1.5. Even after 1.5, obtaining...
Re: JPanel and JText area keep resizing even though I'm telling it not to.
Not everything I did must be done in the exact order I did it. I normally do it in that order, because it makes sense to me. The pack() does need to be called after the components have been added...
Re: JPanel and JText area keep resizing even though I'm telling it not to.
You were doing some weird things, your variables had confusing names, and I was getting confused. I think you're creating JPanels you don't need, putting them on top of each other (which really...
Re: JPanel and JText area keep resizing even though I'm telling it not to.
Post an example that demonstrates the problem. There are a number of possible causes and cures.