JPanel Padding in Java

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I have a formatting question for my Java swing application. It should be fairly straightforward, but I am having difficulty finding any aid (Every topic seems to be regarding removing any default padding in JPanel).

The text in my various JPanels hug the sides and top, touching the colored borders: how can I add padding?

score 268 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 22 '15 at 11:29

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Set an EmptyBorder around your JPanel.
Example:

JPanel p =new JPanel();
p.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));

edited Sep 22 '15 at 11:29

Nateowami

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answered Mar 16 '11 at 16:33

Julien Vermillard

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or you can have some extra padding arround the existing border: `p.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(new EmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10), new EtchedBorder()));` – Synox Apr 22 '13 at 08:42
What happens when the Window is resized? This solution is not good then is it? – Andrew S Apr 02 '14 at 08:14
@Synox Legend indeed! Note that you can put EmptyBorder as last parameter for internal padding – Hunter S Mar 17 '18 at 23:11

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 16:33

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When you need padding inside the JPanel generally you add padding with the layout manager you are using. There are cases that you can just expand the border of the JPanel.

answered Mar 16 '11 at 16:33

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Adding padding to the layout manager (In my case, GridLayout) adds padding in between the adjacent panels, but not within an individual panel. But a border will do, thank you for the help. – Connor Mar 16 '11 at 16:42

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 16:45

I will suppose your JPanel contains JTextField, for the sake of the demo.

Those components provides JTextComponent#setMargin() method which seems to be what you're looking for.

If you're looking for an empty border of any size around your text, well, use EmptyBorder

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 08 '15 at 20:34

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JPanel p=new JPanel();  
GridBagLayout layout=new GridBagLayout(); 
p.setLayout(layout); 
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.fill=GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL; 
gbc.gridx=0;   
gbc.gridy=0;   
p2.add("",gbc);

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answered Oct 08 '15 at 20:02

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