JComboBox is not appearing as it should

[msloan]

I am adding a JComboBox to a JPanel which is added to a JFrame. The code compiles fine and launches as expected, however, when I go to my panel, it looks as if the combo box isn't there. But, when I click where the combo box should be, I get the drop down of selections. I also added an actionListener to print out the selected value, which worked as expected. However, the selected values is not set in the combo box. And if I set the background to white, the combo box shows up, but looks like a textfield - no drop down arrow. Everything else in my panel works fine - buttons, labels, textfields, and tables. Could this have anything to do with the look and feel? I have also tried various sizes for both panel and combo box with no luck.

I am running windows XP Home and using the 1.4.2 JDK.

Any ideas?

Here is a code sample:

JComboBox cbxTest = new JComboBox(new String [] {"option 1", "option 2", "option3"});
cbxTest.setEditable(false);
cbxTest.setSize(150,20);
cbxTest.setLocation(5,5);
panel.add(cbxTest);

 

[idarke]

What layout manager are you using on the panel that the combo box is on? You're setting location, which means you believe it's a null layout manager, but if you haven't explicity set that, then the results can be unexpected.

Try posting the code that creates the panel as well as the combo box.

 

[msloan]

I will give the layout manager a try - I am not using one currently, so I figured whatever was default, I was using that.

 

[Dayton2]

cbxTest.setVisible(true);

 

[msloan]

thanks for the try, but it isn't that.

I started to play with the layout managers and that got it to appear.