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Hello Experts;
I'm the main programmer of a free java ide that will soon be release : http://www.freewebs.com/cube-j
I'm here because I'm encountering a big problem for me.
To have a glimpse of the problem here is the link : http://www.freewebs.com/cube-j/pic.html
The ide itself uses a desktop pane as its 1st screen. If the user created a new file the desktop pane
will be hidden by setVisible(false); after that the text pane, tab pane and split pane will be
displayed as the working area of the programmer. You can close every tab pane on the user
interface by right clicking the text pane and selecting close on my pop-up menu.
If you remove the last tab, it will be remove and the desktop pane should be displayed again
using setVisible(true); here is the code for removing the tab panes :
// where i7 is a menu item on my pop-up menu
i7.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
// x1 is my tab pane . . .
int rem = x1.getTabCount();
if (rem == 1) {
// remove tab pane . . .
x1.remove(x1.getSelectedIndex());
// if its the last pane d1 which is desktop pane
// should be displayed . . .
x1.setVisible(false);
s1.setVisible(false);
s2.setVisible(false);
d1.setVisible(true);
else {
// If its not the final tab then keep removing . . .
x1.remove(x1.getSelectedIndex());
As you can see on my link above I'm having a problem on my desktop pane cause after a
resize or a full screen the desktop pane would remain the same and would not
follow the resize of the frame. Is there any solution to this ?
Dont worry about the layout cause its well arange, the desktop pane is set like :
this.getContentPane().add(d1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Hoping to here from you guys . . .
Friend : Javatm

Answer 1

I've already reproduce my codes to a much more simplier format.
1.) Click 1st the reproduce button then you'll see a txt area w/ a tabbedpane.
2.) Right click the text area and select close.
3.) Then resize the window, you will see that the desktop pane would not follow.
Is there any solution to this :
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class MyFrame extends JFrame {
private JDesktopPane d1;
private JTabbedPane x1;
private JTextArea t1;
public MyFrame() {
super("Sample . . .");
JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
d1 = new JDesktopPane();
JButton b1 = new JButton("Reproduce");
p1.add(b1);
this.getContentPane().add(d1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
this.getContentPane().add(p1, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
// This is for the screen resolution and dimension
Dimension sd = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
setLocation(sd.width / 2 - 300 / 2,
sd.height / 2 - 275 / 2);
setSize(300, 275);
show();
b1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent h)
create();
private void create() {
d1.setVisible(false);
t1 = new JTextArea();
x1 = new JTabbedPane();
String s1 = "Untitled";
String s2 = "To close this area you need to right"+
"\nclick this text area and then select close.";
t1.setText(s2);
x1.addTab(s1, new JScrollPane(t1));
x1.setVisible(true);
this.getContentPane().add(x1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
popup();
private void popup() {
final JPopupMenu p1 = new JPopupMenu();
JMenuItem i1 = new JMenuItem("Close");
i1.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(
KeyEvent.VK_X, ActionEvent.CTRL_MASK));
p1.add(i1);
i1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
int rem = x1.getTabCount();
if (rem == 1) {
x1.remove(x1.getSelectedIndex());
x1.setVisible(false);
t1.setVisible(false);
d1.setVisible(true);
else {
x1.remove(x1.getSelectedIndex());
t1.addMouseListener( new MouseAdapter() {
public void mousePressed( MouseEvent e ) {
checkForTriggerEvent(e);
public void mouseReleased( MouseEvent e ) {
checkForTriggerEvent(e);
private void checkForTriggerEvent( MouseEvent e ) {
if ( e.isPopupTrigger() )
p1.show( e.getComponent(), e.getX(), e.getY() );
public static void main( String args[] )
MyFrame app = new MyFrame();
app.addWindowListener(
new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e )
System.exit(0);
Thank you very much . . .