If I use a JTextArea
with MigLayout
like this:
MigLayout thisLayout = new MigLayout("", "[][grow]", "[]20[]");
this.setLayout(thisLayout);
{
jLabel1 = new JLabel();
this.add(jLabel1, "cell 0 0");
jLabel1.setText("jLabel1");
}
{
jTextArea1 = new JTextArea();
this.add(jTextArea1, "cell 0 1 2 1,growx");
jTextArea1.setText("jTextArea1");
jTextArea1.setLineWrap(false);
}
then the JTextArea
grows and shrinks perfectly when resizing the window. When I set the linewrap to true the JTextArea
is not shrinking when I make the window smaller again.
I just discovered that this can simply be resolved by changing the line
this.add(jTextArea1, "cell 0 1 2 1,growx");
to
this.add(jTextArea1, "cell 0 1 2 1,growx, wmin 10");
and no extra panels are needed. Setting an explicit minimum size is what does the trick.
Explanation: see the note under the section on padding in the MiGLayout whitepaper:
http://www.migcalendar.com/miglayout/whitepaper.html
This is because JTextArea
's automatically have their minimum width set anytime they resize. Details are available on the MigLayout forum. To roughly summarize, create a panel that contains the JTextArea
and gives you further control over the resize behavior. Here's an excerpt from the above forum post:
static class MyPanel extends JPanel implements Scrollable
{
MyPanel(LayoutManager layout)
{
super(layout);
}
public Dimension getPreferredScrollableViewportSize()
{
return getPreferredSize();
}
public int getScrollableBlockIncrement(Rectangle visibleRect, int orientation, int direction)
{
return 0;
}
public boolean getScrollableTracksViewportHeight()
{
return false;
}
public boolean getScrollableTracksViewportWidth()
{
return true;
}
public int getScrollableUnitIncrement(Rectangle visibleRect, int orientation, int direction)
{
return 0;
}
}
Then, wherever you would use the JTextArea, use the panel containing the text area:
MigLayout thisLayout = new MigLayout("", "[][grow]", "[]20[]");
this.setLayout(thisLayout);
{
jLabel1 = new JLabel();
this.add(jLabel1, "cell 0 0");
jLabel1.setText("jLabel1");
}
{
JPanel textAreaPanel = new MyPanel(new MigLayout("wrap", "[grow,fill]", "[]"));
jTextArea1 = new JTextArea();
textAreaPanel.add(jTextArea1);
this.add(textAreaPanel, "cell 0 1 2 1,grow,wmin 10");
jTextArea1.setText("jTextArea1");
jTextArea1.setLineWrap(false);
}
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