GUI. puting JScrollPanel in JTextArea component
Hi. how can I pus JScrollPanel in JTextArea component rigt. that JScrollPanel would be wisable and usable???
JTextArea is in JPanel(Layout = null), Jvanes is in Container
Container con = getContentPane();
pagr = new JPanel();
con.add(pagr);JTextArea has to be in pagr.
maybe someone has any suggestions?
try {
jbInit();
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
pagr.setLayout(null);
txt.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 10, 475, 440));
filtr.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Button.disabledForeground"));
filtr.setBounds(new Rectangle(490, 375, 185, 75));
pasir.setBackground(new Color(230, 230, 230));
pasir.setSelectionBackground(Color.blue);
pasir.setSelectionForeground(Color.orange);
pasir.setBounds(new Rectangle(490, 10, 185, 355));
txt.setBackground(new Color(230, 230, 230));
txt.setSelectedTextColor(Color.red);
txt.setSelectionColor(Color.lightGray);
pagr.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
scrl = new JScrollPane(txt);
scrl.setEnabled(true);
scrl.setVisible(true);
pagr.add(txt);
pagr.add(filtr);
pagr.add(pasir);
}txt i JTextArea component.
not working, also Designer Mesages box throws:
Failed to create live value from JScrollPane scrl = null;: null
Failed to create live visual subcomponent (scrl) as javax.swing.JScrollPane; creating a red component in its place
I'm using null Layout that I would be able to pusall
components where I want. prefering size umeanfiltr.setBounds(new Rectangle(490, 375, 185,
75));
and JScrollPane is subComponent of txt, atleast I want to to describe it that way.Did you miss my comment? You are adding text to the
scrollpane but you are not adding the scroll pane
anywhere. Also I would highly recommend that you use
layout managers.
JTextArea txt = new JTextArea(13,30);
JScrollPane scrl = null;
JList pasir = new JList();
JButton filtr = new JButton("Filtruoti");
JPanel pagr;
//skiped some of code
public Pradzia() {
Container con = getContentPane();// <--geting container
pagr = new JPanel();
con.add(pagr);//adding JPanel to con
//skiped some of code
try {
jbInit();
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
pagr.setLayout(null);
txt.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 10, 475, 440));
filtr.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Button.disabledForeground"));
filtr.setBounds(new Rectangle(490, 375, 185, 75));
pasir.setBackground(new Color(230, 230, 230));
pasir.setSelectionBackground(Color.blue);
pasir.setSelectionForeground(Color.orange);
pasir.setBounds(new Rectangle(490, 10, 185, 355));
txt.setBackground(new Color(230, 230, 230));
txt.setSelectedTextColor(Color.red);
txt.setSelectionColor(Color.lightGray);
pagr.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
scrl = new JScrollPane(txt);// <--ading JScrollPane to txt(JTextArea)
scrl.setEnabled(true);
scrl.setVisible(true);
pagr.add(txt);// <--adding txt to pagr(JPanel)
pagr.add(filtr);
pagr.add(pasir);
or I don't understand something.
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