How to setBounds for components inside JLayeredPane

Question

Hello,
Please help me find a solution to the following: I'm trying to construct a JPanel inside which there is a JLayeredPane. In the JLayeredPane there is (among others) a JScrollPane with a view onto a table. When the top panel resizes, I need to track the new size of the JLayeredPane and setBounds for the components inside the JLayeredPane for them to render correctly filling out the entire space available. I don't want to setBounds to a high threshold because on one of the layers there is a JScrollPane which needs to precisely fill the entire area of JLayeredPane to show the scroll controlls in their correct position. Here is a much simplified sample code:
jLayeredPane.addComponentListener(new ComponentAdapter() {
public void componentResized(ComponentEvent e) {
setScrollPaneBounds();
public void componentShown(ComponentEvent e) {
setScrollPaneBounds();
private void setScrollPaneBounds() {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
Dimension size = jLayeredPane.getSize();
myJScrollPane.setBounds(0, 0, size.width, size.height);
The problem in the above code is that the behaviour is random, when I resize the frame the myJScrollPane.setBounds sometimes sets the bounds, and other times it does not. Also I see the rendering of the JScrollPane 'leading' other changes higher up in the component hierarchy.
Please help me solve these problems.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Thanks for suggestion, but that doesn't change anything. The biggest problem is the order of events. In the JFrame there is some complex layout with nested JSplitPane (2) and when I resize the window this little JLayeredPane seems to redraw FIRST and should be one of the last as it is deep in the component tree. When I take away the ComponentListener I have installed onto the JScrollPane, then event sequence is all good, but the setBounds on the JScrollPane is never called and the sizing becomes incorrect.
Marcin.
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