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Java Restraining width for JPanel with GridBagLayout

I wrote a program to generate PDF tables. To make it easier to manipulate, I also created a GUI to control the things. However, It really bothers me that on JFrame, this JComboBox takes a lot of space, making the right subPanel unnecessarily wide.

The reason for this is probably that there is a pretty long string in the comboBox.

I tried using "set preferred size" for the panel, but it didn't work. I then proceeded to use GridBagLayout to try to narrow that combo box. Is there any way to restrict all the buttons and the comboBox to a certain width? Or should I use a different layout?

It would be best if all components in that right panel can have the same width, just like what they are now.

Thank you!

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here is my code:

JTable studentTable=new JTable(new StudentTableModel(bro));
            studentTable.setRowHeight(25);
            studentTable.setGridColor(java.awt.Color.BLACK);
            DefaultTableCellRenderer centerRenderer = new     
DefaultTableCellRenderer();
            centerRenderer.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);

studentTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(2).setCellRenderer(centerRenderer);

studentTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(3).setCellRenderer(centerRenderer);

studentTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(5).setCellRenderer(centerRenderer);
        JPanel panelA1= new JPanel();
            panelA1.setOpaque(false);
            panelA1.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
            panelA1.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());

        JScrollPane scrollPaneA= new JScrollPane(studentTable);

        JButton buttonA1= new JButton("Activate All");

        JButton buttonA2= new JButton("Create Tables");

        JButton buttonA3= new JButton("Save File");

        JLabel labelA1= new JLabel("-Job Crews-");

        JButton buttonA4= new JButton("Deact Crew");

        JComboBox<Object> comboBoxA1=new JComboBox<Object>();
        comboBoxA1.addItem(new String("-N/A-"));
        for(JobCrew jj: crews)
        {
            comboBoxA1.addItem(jj);
        }
        comboBoxA1.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(100,100));

        GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
        {
            c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
            c.gridx = 0;
            c.gridy = 0;
            panelA1.add(buttonA1,c);

            c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
            c.gridx = 0;
            c.gridy = 1;
            panelA1.add(buttonA2,c);

            c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
            c.gridx = 0;
            c.gridy = 2;
            panelA1.add(buttonA3,c);

            c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
            c.gridx = 0;
            c.gridy = 3;
            panelA1.add(labelA1,c);

            c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
            c.gridx = 0;
            c.gridy = 4;
            panelA1.add(comboBoxA1,c);

            c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
            c.gridx = 0;
            c.gridy = 5;
            panelA1.add(buttonA4,c);

        }

        JPanel panelA= new JPanel();
            panelA.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panelA,BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
            panelA.setOpaque(false);
            panelA.add(scrollPaneA); panelA.add(panelA1);
        //////
        /**********/
        tabs.addTab("Student info",null,panelA,"Organizes & displays student information");
Solution

  • Check out Combo Box Popup.

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    It will allow you to control the width of the combo box itself and the popup can be the full width.

    Or you can set a property so that a scrollbar will be displayed in the popup if required.