Java button/gridbaglayout

Question

Is there a way to either set a max size of a button(or non re sizable), or not allow the columns in a gridbaglayout to change size if a component grows ?

i.e 
    btn.setMaxsize();
    btn.resizable(false);
    gridbaglayout.lockcolumns();

This is not what I am coding but what I am trying to achieve. Thanks for any help provided.

For better help sooner, post an [SSCCE](http://sscce.org). If you set the field `fill` of your `GridBagConstraint` to `GridBagConstraint.NONE` your button will always keep the same size (its preferred size). — Guillaume Polet, May 02 '13 at 13:20
You must have something wrong in your code then. Anyway, using setMin/Max/Pref size is really not recommended. This is going down a very bad road which will eventually lead to more problems and less solutions. — Guillaume Polet, May 02 '13 at 13:24
Check out [this question and its accepted answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7229226/should-i-avoid-the-use-of-setpreferredmaximumminimumsize-methods-in-java-swi) — Guillaume Polet, May 02 '13 at 13:25
Guillaume your solution works as well. I was commenting on Prasanth answer. Thank you all for the quick answers. — Elewis787, May 02 '13 at 13:28

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '13 at 13:13

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set below 3 properties with max value.

    btnNewButton.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(10, 10));
    btnNewButton.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(10, 10));
    btnNewButton.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(10, 10));

answered May 02 '13 at 13:13

Sanjaya Liyanage

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width of the button and the height is set by new Dimension(width, height) – Sanjaya Liyanage May 02 '13 at 13:15
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Check out [this question and its accepted answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7229226/should-i-avoid-the-use-of-setpreferredmaximumminimumsize-methods-in-java-swi). Using setMaximum/Minimum/PreferredSize is a bad idea. – Guillaume Polet May 02 '13 at 13:25
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See also [Should I avoid the use of set(Preferred|Maximum|Minimum)Size methods in Java Swing](http://stackoverflow.com/q/7229226/230513)? – trashgod May 02 '13 at 13:26
Thanks for the additional info! – Elewis787 May 02 '13 at 13:29

Java button/gridbaglayout

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