Component Sizes

[fatcodeguy]

Hi! I'm trying to set a component (jcombobox) to a set size. The contents of this component change, and thus, so does the size, and I want it fixed. I tried setSize, setBounds, and setMinimumSize but they don't work. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[Guest_imported]

if you want to setSize or set bounds
you must setLayout(null)

 

[sedj]

I'm not entirely sure about wizarud's comment (apologies if oncorrect). If you ask me Swing is difficult for EASY component layout. Sometimes I've found in the past, if you dump your JComboBox in a JPanel, and then into your JFrame, and set as many bounds/constraints as possible along the way, and then hope and then pray, then it doesn't move - sometimes.
I've often got around the problem also by using BorderLayout -
eg:
JComboBox myComboBox = new JComboBox();
//whatever with JCBox
JPanel damnMovingPanel = new JPanel();
damnMovingPanel.add(myComboBox, BorderLayout.CENTER);

JFrame f = new JFrame;
f.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
f.getContentPane().add(damnMovingPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

This way, once your JCBox is set within the panel, within the frame, hopefully it will never move.

But I promise nothing - my luck with this kind of thing has always been severly shakey. Have a play with the LayoutManagers.