Auto-resizable JFrame Container

Question

How to make my JFrame auto-resizable? Size depends on existing components in the frame, but the user can add more components dynamically.

It depends what you mean by 'resize' and in what form the user can 'add more'. — Andrew Thompson, Jun 11 '12 at 16:34
Lets say, that user can define options of a city. When he type "crowded" in textfield and pull enter, under first textfield a new one is created, and also frame is resized. — Ariel Grabijas, Jun 13 '12 at 13:24

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 11 '12 at 16:31

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You could use the JFrame.pack() method, that according documentation:

Causes this Window to be sized to fit the preferred size and layouts of its subcomponents.

edited Jun 11 '12 at 16:31

Andrew Thompson

answered Jun 11 '12 at 15:37

Francisco Spaeth

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It's the best way to do this as far as I know. Although it is not at all "auto"... You would have to call this method everytime, something changes (you add/remove/resize a Component)... +1 – brimborium Jun 11 '12 at 15:39
this is right, and in fact it would be a bit weird if the window resizes every single time you add a component... so you just need to invoke pack() ;) – Francisco Spaeth Jun 11 '12 at 15:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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See the Nested Layout Example for both dynamically added components (labels added using a button - in a scroll pane), as well as a resizable GUI.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

Community

answered Jun 11 '12 at 16:36

Andrew Thompson

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