TitledBorder Text is Truncated

Question

Hello all,
This must be a common problem.
Here's a simple version of the problem: I have a JPanel using a FlowLayout. Within the JPanel I have a JLabel whose text is a single character in length. When I place a TitledBorder around the JPanel, the border's text is truncated because the FlowLayout layout manager does not consider the border text when it gets the size of the JPanel. Please see the sample code below.
Is there a way to make sure the border's title is taken into account by the layout manager?
Yes, I know I can get the size of the border's text, convert it to pixels, override the panel's getPreferredSize() method, etc. but that's so ugly.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Tester2 {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
      JFrame f = new JFrame();
      f.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
      JPanel panel = new JPanel();
      panel.setBackground(Color.pink);
      panel.add(new JLabel("X"));
      panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Long TitledBorder Text"));
      f.getContentPane().add(panel);
      f.pack();
      f.setVisible(true);
}

Answer 1

I think I know the answer to my own question....
First, let me say I think this is a Swing bug (perhaps a FlowLayout bug) because the preferred size of the panel does take into account the border's height when using a TitledBorder but not the width. The preferred size of a component should take into account both the height and width of a border (if one is in use). If you run the sample program you'll see the preferred height certainly does take the border's height into account but not the width.
Second, there is a method in javax.swing.border.TitledBorder:
getMinimumSize(Component c)
This method allows a workaround for the truncation of the border's text. I simple set the panel's preferred width to that returned by getMinimumSize() and I'm good to go.
I'm not 100% sure about all this, I'll investigate more tomorrow and post a bug w/Sun if warranted.
Any comments or suggestions are still very welcome, of course.
Hello all,
This must be a common problem.
Here's a simple version of the problem: I have a
JPanel using a FlowLayout. Within the JPanel I have a
JLabel whose text is a single character in length.
When I place a TitledBorder around the JPanel, the
border's text is truncated because the FlowLayout
layout manager does not consider the border text when
it gets the size of the JPanel. Please see the sample
code below.
Is there a way to make sure the border's title is
taken into account by the layout manager?
Yes, I know I can get the size of the border's text,
convert it to pixels, override the panel's
getPreferredSize() method, etc. but that's so ugly.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Tester2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBackground(Color.pink);
panel.add(new JLabel("X"));
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Long
TitledBorder Text"));
f.getContentPane().add(panel);
f.pack();
f.setVisible(true);