Adding a component to a scroll pane

[fredatwork]

Hello,

When you add a component to a scroll pane, using the mouse and pointing on a parent scroll pane in the hierarchical bean view, the viewport is not automatically updated. You have to set manually the viewport view.

This is quite confusing, especailly when comparing with other GUI builders.

I would suggest the viewport view property of a scroll pane being automatically initialized when a component is added to a scrollpane.

Cheers,

Fred

[Eric Clayberg]

I would suggest the viewport view property of a scroll pane being automatically initialized when a component is added to a scrollpane.

Designer does do this, but you need to drop the component on the scroll pane in the design view rather than the widget tree.

Then it creates code like...

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JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
scrollPane.setBounds(35, 35, 340, 235);
getContentPane().add(scrollPane);

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
scrollPane.setViewportView(panel);

[fredatwork]

My point was that the Designer should set the viewport in both circumstances:
a. if the component is dropped on the scollpane inside the design view
b. if the component is added to the hierarchical bean tree.

I also suggest a possible improvment for a future release.

Fred

[Eric Clayberg]

My point was that the Designer should set the viewport in both circumstances:
a. if the component is dropped on the scollpane inside the design view
b. if the component is added to the hierarchical bean tree.
I also suggest a possible improvment for a future release.

This is now available in the latest v2.1.1 build.