Name: yyT116575			Date: 09/28/2000


java version "1.2.2"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.2_005, native threads, symcjit)


My application has a vertical layout, and I need a split-pane to show up
beneath a header (Currently implemented as a JPanel.  Adding a JSplitPane
to the same component which has a JPanel added causes the JSplitPane to be
reduced in visible width, which is unacceptable for my application.  This
bug doesn't manifest itself if I use a JLabel or a JButton instead of a
JPanel, but it does with everything else I could think of substituting
including a Panel, Canvas, JComponent, Component, Button or Label.  I don't
personally have the option of using either a button or a label, because I
can't center them above my split-pane without wrapping them in another
container.

  To reproduce the problem compile and execute the code which follows.  This
is just a GUI problem, so there are no error messages or trace information.
However, the BoxLayout is not working as advertised in this instance.  The
workaround for me was to put a JSplitPane within a JSplitPane, obviating the
need for a BoxLayout.  Here's the Code:

import java.awt.*;	//Container, Dimension, Color, FlowLayout
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;   //JFrame, JPanel, JScrollPane, JSplitPane, BoxLayout

public class BugSplit extends JFrame
{
   public BugSplit()//Constructor
   {
	super("Bug Split Example");
	Container content = getContentPane();
	content.setLayout(new BoxLayout(content, 1));

   	Dimension hd = new Dimension(200, 40);   //The header size
   	Dimension pd = new Dimension(300, 300);  //The panels' size
   	Dimension sd = new Dimension(200, 200); //The split pane's size

	JPanel Header = new JPanel();
	Header.setPreferredSize(hd);
	Header.setBackground(Color.blue); //To differentiate it.

	//Make some panels to scroll
   	JPanel PRed = new JPanel(), PGreen = new JPanel();
	PRed.  setBackground(Color.red);   PRed.  setPreferredSize(pd);
	PGreen.setBackground(Color.green); PGreen.setPreferredSize(pd);

	//create JSplitPane which contains scrolling panels
   	JScrollPane Top = new JScrollPane(PRed), Bottom = new JScrollPane(PGreen);
   	JSplitPane jsp = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT, Top, Bottom);
	jsp.setPreferredSize(sd);

	//Now add the header, and the split pane.  (Order doesn't matter)
	//Splitpane is shown in diminished size.
	content.add(Header);
	content.add(jsp);
                           addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
                             public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
	     System.exit(0);
	  }
	});
	pack();
	setVisible(true);
   }

   public static void main(String[] s)
   { new BugSplit();}
}
(Review ID: 109491) 
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