setWidth(44= of a Container/ContentPane does not work

[Tom Parson]

I would like to set the width of a Container/ContentPane to 400 pixel.
But the following does NOT work:

How do I do it otherwise?

Container contentPane = getContentPane();
GridBagLayout gridbag = new GridBagLayout();
contentPane.setLayout(gridbag);
contentPane.setWidth(400); -->Compiler Err

Tom

 

[Vova Reznik]

I would like to set the width of a Container/ContentPane to 400 pixel.
But the following does NOT work:

How do I do it otherwise?

Container contentPane = getContentPane();
GridBagLayout gridbag = new GridBagLayout();
contentPane.setLayout(gridbag);
contentPane.setWidth(400); -->Compiler Err

Tom

java.awt.Container and its supers don't have method setWidth(int).

java.awt.Component has method setSize(int, int) or setSize(Dimension)

Changing size of the content pane isn't very good idea (but possible).

 

[Oliver Wong]

I would like to set the width of a Container/ContentPane to 400 pixel.
But the following does NOT work:

How do I do it otherwise?

Container contentPane = getContentPane();
GridBagLayout gridbag = new GridBagLayout();
contentPane.setLayout(gridbag);
contentPane.setWidth(400); -->Compiler Err

Assuming you're talking about java.awt.Container, it doesn't have a
setWidth() size. Did you try setSize() instead? Did you try reading the
JavaDocs? http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Container.html

- Oliver

 

[Andrew Thompson]

contentPane.setWidth(400); -->Compiler Err

Unless you understand the complexities behind setting
exact sizes in x-plat (version, PLAF, screen/font size)
environment, you generally shouldn't.

Use layouts (probably less complex than GBL), and allow the
components to arrive at their natural sizes.

 

[Knute Johnson]

I would like to set the width of a Container/ContentPane to 400 pixel.
But the following does NOT work:

How do I do it otherwise?

Container contentPane = getContentPane();
GridBagLayout gridbag = new GridBagLayout();
contentPane.setLayout(gridbag);
contentPane.setWidth(400); -->Compiler Err

Tom

Tom:

That's because there is no setWidth() for Container. There is a
setSize() and a setPreferredSize(). You will have problems though
setting the specific size of a Container when you use a LayoutManager
that resizes components like GridBagLayout.

Maybe if you told us why you wanted it to be 400 pixels exactly we could
give you a better answer. I can tell you though that setting exact
sizes in Java is not the normal way things are done and you will
probably get a lot of flack for suggesting it.