Adding JScrollPane doesn't work... hmm....

Question

    private void jbInit() throws Exception {
        this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
        this.setSize(new Dimension(400, 300));
        this.setTitle("All Videos Own By Store");
        ta_show.setBounds(new Rectangle(30, 25, 320, 220));
        ta_show.setEditable(false);
        ta_show.setEnabled(false);
        JScrollPane scrollingArea = new JScrollPane(ta_show);
        getContentPane().add(scrollingArea);
        this.getContentPane().add(ta_show, null);
        //this.getContentPane().add(scrollingArea);
        this.setVisible(true);
    }ta_show is the JTextArea...
I will load a text file into the JTextArea and it should show the JScrollPane since the text file is quite large... But it doesn't show..
Any ideas?

Answer 1

try this for size:
    private void jbInit()
        JPanel p = new JPanel();
        p.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 300));
        p.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        int eb = 20;
        p.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(eb, eb, eb, eb));
        ta_show.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800, 600)); // or however big you want it
        ta_show.setEditable(false);
        //ta_show.setEnabled(false);
        JScrollPane scrollpane = new JScrollPane(ta_show);
        p.add(scrollpane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        getContentPane().add(p);
    }