Borderlayout problem, make North a bit larger

Question

Hi,
I want to create an applet with a border layout, I have the following code to define the layout:
setLayout (new BorderLayout (0,5));
add ("North", infoline);
add ("Center", screen);
add ("East",vert_scrollbar);
add ("South", txtinput);
At the North of the applet I have drawn a Canvas (infoline). But this Canvas can not be fully displayed because the north position is a bit so small, so I want to make the North a bit higher.
Thanks in advance
Pieter

Answer 1

Yes, I know it's a Penal but can you change it to a JPanel?
This is from the Java API documentation for BorderLayout -
"The components are laid out according to their ___preferred___ sizes and the constraints of the container's size. The NORTH and SOUTH components may be stretched horizontally; the EAST and WEST components may be stretched vertically; the CENTER component may stretch both horizontally and vertically to fill any space left over. "
So if it is possible change your infoline class to extend JPanel instead of Panel.
If this is not possible then place a JPanel inside the north pane, give it a preferred size and then place your infoline inside that JPanel.