Desktop Application Frame Size

[jamesm6162]

Hi
This is a very simple yet extremely annoying problem.
When I create a simple Desktop Application in Netbeans (6.0 and 6.7), then resize the entire frame to any other size and then run the application the Frame simply ignores the size and uses the default starting size.

Why?
How do I fix this?

Any help will be appreciated

Thanks

[Petr Dvorak]

1. This has nothing to do with NetBeans - this is pure Java/Swing
question...
2. You need to set minimum size and/or preferred size of the frame (in
the properties view) - the design size is irrelevant and it is correct
this way.
3. The size of the frame should not be hardcoded - your Java application
will potentially run on many platforms and look and feels and it will
look different on each of them - use layout managers to position
elements in your form to avoid potential problems:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/using.html

--pd

jamesm6162 wrote:

[tusharvjoshi]

1. IMHO I don't think this is a pure java swing question, instead this is a Matisse question which is very much a part of NetBeans IDE.
2. Matisse sets preferred size of the designed and generated Frames and it is also written in code. 
3. When I tested in NetBeans IDE 6.7.1, I couldn't reproduce the problem, it was getting set properly even after resizing the frame window (I am using Mac OS X 10.5.8, NetBeans IDE 6.7.1)
with regards
Tushar

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On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Petr Dvorak <address-removed ([email]address-removed[/email])> wrote:

[Petr Dvorak]

Hi Tushar, I didn't get it - are we talking about the same thing (Java
DESKTOP Application)? I don't see it in the code and when I resize the
form in the designer, it is NOT reflected in the runtime... You need to
set preferred/minimum size of the panels inside the framefview. Which is
a Swing, not a Matisse question, IMO...

--pd

Tushar Joshi wrote:

[jamesm6162]

Okay,

the problem is that I design a layout using netbeans' visual GUI designer that suits my needs, but when the application is run the width and height given to my frame (or any other panels for that matter) are ignored, and not just slightly. The entire form is ridiculously deformed with some elements completely hidden from view and the Frame stretched about 300px longer than I want it to be.

This is a very simple frame with literally only 4 components dragged onto it.

When I -- through code or the designer -- set the preferred size of both the frame and the main panel, it is ignored. Same with the maximum size.
Obviously this is a problem whether it be swing or Netbeans.

When I create a JFrame on its own and show it, then it obeys any sizes I set to it, but not with the Netbeans Desktop Application