Re: Setting JList size

From	Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.gui
Subject	Re: Setting JList size
Date	2012-02-07 10:13 -0800
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On 2/2/2012 1:29 PM, Fred wrote:
> On Feb 2, 9:08 am, Knute Johnson<nos...@knutejohnson.com>  wrote:
>> On 2/2/2012 8:10 AM, Fred wrote:
>>
>>> I have a JList inside a JScrollPane. This list has many items in it; I
>>> want to set its height such that five of the items are visible (items
>>> are just strings).
>>
>>> This is quite trivial using C and Motif - just set the list's
>>> XmNvisibleItemCount resource. How do I do this for a JList such that
>>> if I change the font later the list resizes to still displays five
>>> items?
>>> --
>>> Fred K
>>
>> The docs are your friend.  Take a look at JList.setVisibleRowCount().
>>
> Interesting - I had made a local copy of the javadocs (I often work
> disconnected from the internet), and there is no such method listed in
> my copy!
>
> Not sure where I got my copy - I've had it for several years.
> --
> Fred K

I'm pretty sure it dates to 1.3 or earlier.

-- 

Knute Johnson

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Setting JList size Fred <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 08:10 -0800
  Re: Setting JList size Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-02-02 09:08 -0800
    Re: Setting JList size Fred <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-02-02 13:29 -0800
      Re: Setting JList size Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-05 00:50 -0800
      Re: Setting JList size Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-02-07 10:13 -0800
        Re: Setting JList size Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 11:13 -0800
  Re: Setting JList size Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-02 12:13 -0500
    Re: Setting JList size Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-02 16:09 -0500
      Re: Setting JList size markspace <-@.> - 2012-02-02 13:51 -0800
        Re: Setting JList size Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-02 17:27 -0500
          Re: Setting JList size "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-02-02 20:14 -0500
            Re: Setting JList size Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-03 05:26 -0500

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