扩展JPanel的问题

Question

I have an abstract entity:

public abstract class Entity extends JPanel implements FocusListener

And I have a TextEntity:

public class TextEntity extends Entity

Inside TextEntity's constructor I want to put a JTextArea that will cover the panel:

textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setSize(getWidth(),getHeight());
add(textArea);

But getWidth() and getHeight() returns 0. Is it a problem with the inheritance or the constructor?

Answer 1

Shuldn't be an inheritance problem. Probably in the constructor the JPanel doesn't still have a size.

Answer 2

Try using some LayoutManager that takes care of resizing the components inside the panel. For example the BorderLayout, and add the textarea to the center.

Something like this (it's been a few years since I coded Swing):

textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setSize(getWidth(),getHeight());
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add(textArea, BorderLayout.CENTER);

Now, when you make the panel visible, the layout manager should take care of keeping the textarea the same size as the panel. Also make sure you don't have any borders in the panel.

Answer 3

根据布局，您需要设置嵌入式组件的首选/最小/最大大小，以便包装计算实际大小。