JTextArea is hiding drop downs....

I have a JTextArea, a couple of JComboBoxes, and a JDateChooser in a FormLayout on one of my application tabs. Whenever I choose a date on the JDateChooser the dropdowns from the JComboBoxes or Date Chooser are hidden behind the JTextArea until I switch tabs. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and if so how do I go about fixing it?

The relevant code is below containing the JDateChooser, a couple other fields, and the comments JTextArea:

Code:

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        // date section
       
        JLabel lblDate = new JLabel("Date");
        lblDate.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, 14));
        p.add(lblDate, "2, 12, right, default");
       
       
        Box dateBox = Box.createHorizontalBox();
        p.add(dateBox, "4, 12");
       
        JDateChooser jc = new JDateChooser();
        jc.setDateFormatString("MM-dd-yyyy");
        jc.setDate(new Date());
        dateBox.add(jc);
       
        TabOneDateListener todl = new TabOneDateListener();
        jc.addPropertyChangeListener(todl);
               
        //  hours section
       
        JLabel lblHoursUsed = new JLabel("Hours Used");
        lblHoursUsed.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, 14));
        p.add(lblHoursUsed, "2, 14, right, default");
       
        spinner = new JSpinner();
        spinner.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 16));
        p.add(spinner, "4, 14, 1, 2, fill, fill");
        HoursListener hl = new HoursListener();
        spinner.addChangeListener(hl);
       
        //  engineer section
       
        String uname = System.getProperty("user.name");
        UpdateEngineeringHours.getInstance().setEngineer(uname);
        JLabel lblEngineer = new JLabel("Engineer");
        lblEngineer.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, 14));
        p.add(lblEngineer, "2, 18, right, default");
       
        txtEngineer = new JTextField();
        txtEngineer.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
        txtEngineer.setEditable(false);
        jpTab0.add(txtEngineer, "4, 18, fill, default");
        txtEngineer.setColumns(10);
        txtEngineer.setText(uname);
       
        //  comments section
       
        JLabel lblComments = new JLabel("Comments");
        lblComments.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, 14));
        p.add(lblComments, "2, 20, right, top");
       
        txtComments = new TextArea(4,4);
        p.add(txtComments, "4, 20, fill, top");

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My jdk version is:

jdk1.7.0_02

My Operating System is:

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

My IDE is:

Eclipse Indigo Service Release 1
Build id: 20110916-0149

My JCalander Version is:

v1.4 - 07/09/2011

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Robert

I actually found my own work-around just so everyone knows. instead of using a JTextArea I replaced it with a JEditorPane and encapsulated it with a JScrollPane. This is not a fix for the issue with JTextArea but it works around the problem. The JEditor Pane does not hide any of the drop-downs.

cheers,

Robert

JDateChooser is not a Swing class. Nor is JCalendar. I suggest you seek help or file a bug report wherever you got these classes or packages.

db