Why setPreferredSize does not change the size of the button?
- by Roman
Here is the code:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class TestGrid {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Colored Trails");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
mainPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(mainPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(4, 9));
panel.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(9*30-20,4*30));
JButton btn;
for (int i=1; i<=4; i++) {
for (int j=1; j<=4; j++) {
btn = new JButton();
btn.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(30, 30));
panel.add(btn);
}
btn = new JButton();
btn.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(30, 10));
panel.add(btn);
for (int j=1; j<=4; j++) {
btn = new JButton();
btn.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(30, 30));
panel.add(btn);
}
}
mainPanel.add(panel);
frame.add(mainPanel);
frame.setSize(450,950);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
I suppose to have a table of buttons with 4 rows and 9 columns. And the middle column should be narrower that other columns. I tried Dimension(30, 10) and Dimension(30, 10) both have no effect on the width of the middle column. Why?
