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Xhark
Xhark

Reputation: 841

Dynamically add JPanel instances to a JScrollPane

I'm trying to add precreated JPanel instances into a bigger JPanel into a JScrollPane, but I can't get it to work.

I'm using NetBeans to create the container, then using the context menu to include it into a scroll panel.

To add the JPanel at runtime I'm doing this:

ActivityPanel actPanel;

for(Reservation r: mainFrame.getKiosko().getReservations()) {
    if( r.getUser().equals(user)) {
        actPanel = new ActivityPanel(r.getActivity(),mainFrame);
        actPanel.setHour(r.getHour());
        Dimension actDim = new Dimension(600, 100);
        actPanel.setPreferredSize(actDim);
        actPanel.setMaximumSize(actDim);
        actPanel.setMinimumSize(actDim);

        pnlReservations.add(actPanel);                
    }
}

But it just is not working. Should I create the ScrollPanel at runtime? If so How should I do it?

pnlReservation has a BoxLayout by page axis.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 265

Answers (1)

camickr
camickr

Reputation: 324108

actPanel.setPreferredSize(actDim);

Don't try to manually control the preferred size of a component. The size of the panel should be determined by the components you add to the panel.

Same with your pnlReservation, don't hardcode a preferred size. The layout manager will determine its preferred size based on the preferred size of the components added to it.

Then the scrollbars will appear automatically as the preferred size of the pnlReservation dynamically changes when you add components to it.

Upvotes: 1

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