Question

I am working on a project which requires creating a number of JButtons. Each of these buttons will enclose different characters; a few of which containing words. The problem is I cannot seem to find out how I can set a JButton to resize based on its textual contents.

Is there a method which does this?

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

JButton.getPreferredSize() will give you the size required to display the text and icon.
The Button will automatically update it’s preferred size if you change the text/icon.

If the button is actually rendered in with its preferred size depends on the LayoutManager of its container.