[pbassi]

Hi,

In a JFrame created with Swing/Matisse, why the size of the components (such as Jpanel) are not set at the end of the initComponents (although a pack() is called at the end of the initComponents)?

when is it appropriate to call methods such as getWidth() or getHeight within a JFrame?

Thanks in advance
Paolo

[Riyad Kalla]

Paolo,
Every component in Swing has a ‘preferredSize’ that is used and even when sizes are set, depending on the layout manager you are using, the size you are setting still might not be honored; that is what the min/max size limits are for.

Unless you are setting a size, there won’t be any size arguments in the initComponents method.

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