JTextField getting cutoff without expanding window

Question

I have a Java Swing application which has a JTextField inside it. I want to assign a minimum width to the field so it is expanded no matter what. I even tried starting it with some text inside the field to no avail.

Edit: The Layout is a GridBagLayout for that particular area.

Answer 1

It depends on what layout you are using but try

TextField.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(150, 23));

or initialize the text field with

JTextField TextField = new JTextField(20);