Question

i am learning Java at the moment and have the following question:

i am adding my controls to JFrame and then pack() before displaying.

this runs the application and all is very nice.

i was wondering is there a way to stop the user from resizing the application window?

also is there a way to for the image in JLabel to expand as the user changes the application window?

at the moment i have it as:

    constraints.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
    constraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;

and it only centers the image, i would like to be able to expand/shrink the image.

thanks.

Answer 1

i was wondering is there a way to stop
the user from resizing the application
window?

If you don’t want to allow users to resize your window at all then you can do

frame.setResizable (false);

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I’m not sure that this technique can be successfully used at the same time with pack(). You should certainly try, but I remember there was an issue that if you do:

frame.setResizable (false);
pack();

then pack() simply doesn’t do what it should and if you do:

pack();
frame.setResizable(false);

then you window becomes a little more narrow then after only pack(). Of course, some workaround can be found (or maybe even it’s just my bad experience).