JTable policy. Void space on a gridBagLayout panel below the table.

Question

This is a continuation of this question Java resizing individual components of JPanel This time the frame only has a table and a JTextArea below. A large empty area is visible between the table and the JTextArea. This is myPanel.java:

import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

public class myPanel extends JPanel {
    public myPanel() { // Creating a vertical Box layout with five sections, placing jpanels there

        //First panel with a table

        String[] columnNames = {"First", "Second", "Third", "Fourth"};
        Object[][] data = {{"11", "12", "13", "Forteen"},{"21", "22", "23", "Twenty four"}}; 
        JScrollPane scrollPane1 = new JScrollPane(new JTable(data, columnNames));

        //Second panel with a text area

        JTextArea ecnArea = new JTextArea(10, 20);        
        ecnArea.setText("");
        ecnArea.setName("Note");
        //ecnArea.setLineWrap(true);
        //ecnArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
        JScrollPane myScrollBar = new JScrollPane(ecnArea);  

        //Placing everything in a container
        this.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());

        GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
        c.anchor =GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
        c.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        c.weightx = 0.5;
        c.weighty=0.5;
        c.gridx = 0;
        c.gridy = 0;
        this.add(scrollPane1, c);        
        c.gridy++;
        this.add(myScrollBar, c);
    }
}

Why does it show up? How to remove it?

Answer 1

You should add these lines:

JTable table = new JTable(data, columns);
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(new Dimension(500,60));
JScrollPane scrollPanel = new JScrollPane(table);
//scrollPanel.getViewport().setBackground(color.WHITE; //optional, but looks nicer

You will need to import dimension and color as well.