setSize() not working?

[AedonetLIRA]

I need a JPanel to be the given size. The applet starts at 200x200 but then expands to the correct size; however the JPanel never resizes to the correct size... I have looked everywhere for the solution to the this, and they all say the same thing, "Use setPreferredSize instead of setSize". I have done this and it still doesn't work... Any help will be sooo helpful.

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;

import javax.swing.JApplet;


public class Applet extends JApplet {
	
	/**
	 * 
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	public static final int DEFAULT_FPS	=	80;
	
	private World mWorld;
	//private JTextField mFPS;
	
	public void init() {
		this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1200, 800));
		String str = getParameter("fps");
		int fps = (str != null) ? Integer.parseInt(str) : DEFAULT_FPS;
		long period = (long) 1000.0/fps;
		System.out.println("fps: "); //+ fps + "; period: " + period + " ms");
		makeGUI();//period);
	}
	
	private void makeGUI() {//long period) {
		Container c = getContentPane();
		c.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
		
		// World Extends JPanel
		mWorld = new World(this);
		mWorld.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(1200, 800));
		mWorld.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1200, 800));
		c.add(mWorld);
	}
}

[Fubarable]

I don't really do applet coding, but as far as I understand it, the applet size is set by the HTML code calling the applet, not by the applet itself.

[AedonetLIRA]

As I understand it, that is true, but all of the frames inside of the applet are not. It's the JPanel inside that I'm struggling with.

[DarrylBurke]

Lesson: Laying Out Components Within a Container (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)

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