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Re: setting size of JComb

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Knute Johnson wrote:
> Brandon McCombs wrote:
>> Has anyone ever had issues with setting the preferred size of a 
>> JComboBox using GridBagLayout?  It seems the box's height is larger 
>> than  the JTextField's height that I create in the same window.  I can 
>> change the height of the JTextFields by using setPreferredSize() to 
>> match the JComboBox so everything is uniform but that's only because I 
>> can't decrease the JComboBox's height because it seems to ignore that 
>> call.  Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> thanks
>> Brandon
> 
> Set the fill element on the GridBagConstraints for the JTextField.
> 

Won't that make the JTextField match the size of the JComboBox? I want 
the JComboBox to match the size of the JTextField (JComboBox has the 
larger height due to the button for the dropdown box) which doesn't work 
at the moment because it ignores the setPreferredSize() call.

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setting size of JComboBox "Brandon McCombs" <brandon.mccombs@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000
  Re: setting size of JComb "Knute Johnson" <knute.johnson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000
    Re: setting size of JComb "Brandon McCombs" <brandon.mccombs@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000
      Re: setting size of JComb "Knute Johnson" <knute.johnson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000
        Re: setting size of JComb "Brandon McCombs" <brandon.mccombs@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:29 +0000

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