JButton Size

[jboy]

Hi,

I have a bit of trouble trying to enlarge the size of the button that I have on my JPanel or I should say I need to change the button size to a specific size:

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JButton button = new JButton("OK");
button.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial", 1, 25));            
add(button);
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Thanks,

[matzahboy]

Use the setPreferredSize(Dimension preferredSize) method.

Example:

int width=50;
int height=40;
button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, height));

[jboy]

Thank you,
Also, I need to change te position of the button in the panel, I am not sure which method I should use to change the location of the button to a specific location?

[RamyaSivakanth]

Try with this method for location.
setLocation
public void setLocation(int x,
int y)Moves this component to a new location. The top-left corner of the new location is specified by the x and y parameters in the coordinate space of this component's parent.

Parameters:
x - the x-coordinate of the new location's top-left corner in the parent's coordinate space
y - the y-coordinate of the new location's top-left corner in the parent's coordinate space
Since:
JDK1.1
See Also:
getLocation(), setBounds(int, int, int, int)

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[camickr]

Learn how to use Layout Managers to control the postion of components on a panel. Read the section from the Swing tutorial on "Using Layout Managers".

[Willi]

Learn how to use Layout Managers to control the postion of components on a panel. Read the section from the Swing tutorial on "Using Layout Managers".

Yeah! Layout Manager is the best way to manage position of a component in a frame. :D

[jboy]

Hi,
Thanks for the information, however none of the methods you mentioned seem to work for me, I have a button panel without any border inside the main panel. I tried a lot of methods but the button panel never moved to a different location within the main panel..Please tell me why this is happening..

[camickr]

Please tell me why this is happening..

How can we tell you why this is happening? The examples from the Swing tutorials give you "working code". If it works in the tutorial, then obviously you didn't read the tutorial or try the demo code.

If you need more help then post your SSCCE.