Change the size of a JTextField inside a JBorderLayout

Question

When I use the code below it doesn't alter the size at all, it still fills the area in the grid.

JPanel displayPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4, 2));

JTextField titleText = new JTextField("title");

displayPanel.add(titleText);

titleText.setSize(200, 24);

Answer 1

From the api on GridLayout:

The container is divided into equal-sized rectangles, and one component is placed in each rectangle.

Try using FlowLayout or GridBagLayout for your set size to be meaningful. Also, @Serplat is correct. You need to use setPreferredSize( Dimension ) instead of setSize( int, int ).

    JPanel displayPanel = new JPanel();
    // JPanel displayPanel = new JPanel( new GridLayout( 4, 2 ) );
    // JPanel displayPanel = new JPanel( new BorderLayout() );
    // JPanel displayPanel = new JPanel( new GridBagLayout() );

    JTextField titleText = new JTextField( "title" );

    titleText.setPreferredSize( new Dimension( 200, 24 ) );

    // For FlowLayout and GridLayout, uncomment:
    displayPanel.add( titleText );

    // For BorderLayout, uncomment:
    // displayPanel.add( titleText, BorderLayout.NORTH );

    // For GridBagLayout, uncomment:
    // displayPanel.add( titleText, new GridBagConstraints( 0, 0, 1, 1, 1.0,
    // 1.0, GridBagConstraints.CENTER, GridBagConstraints.NONE,
    // new Insets( 0, 0, 0, 0 ), 0, 0 ) );