JButton question, with clarification

Question

here is what i want for my JButton:
| 1 |
and here is what is happening:
| ... |
the reason I think what is happeneing is happening is because the size of the button is too small, so it is not displaying the "1" inside it.
the trivial solution of increase the size of the button to allow the label to display is useless for me. I need the size to be 32x32 pixels.
how do i FORCE the label to display. i have tried messing with the fonts, with the layout, everything.
plz help.
thnx.

Answer 1

All you need to do is set the border to a minimal size, i.e.
     Dimension d = new Dimension (size, size);
          but.setPreferredSize (d);
          // but.setSize (size, size);
          Insets i = new Insets (1,1,1,1);
          but.setMargin (i);
Here is my whole test program:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ButtonTest extends JPanel {
JButton but = new JButton ("1");
public ButtonTest (int size) {
     Dimension d = new Dimension (size, size);
          but.setPreferredSize (d);
          // but.setSize (size, size);
          Insets i = new Insets (1,1,1,1);
          but.setMargin (i);
add (but);
public void printSize () {
     Dimension d = but.getSize();
     System.out.println ("width = " +
                              d.width + " height = " + d.height);
public static void main (String [] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame ("Border Test");
Integer s = new Integer (args[0]);
ButtonTest ats = new ButtonTest(s.intValue());
frame.getContentPane().add("Center", ats);
frame.pack();
//frame.setSize (100, 100);
frame.setVisible (true);
ats.printSize();