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From: Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: Setting JList size
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:13:54 -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.

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Knute Johnson