setting JButton size in JMenu

Question

I wanted to change button size in JMenu. I've been trying to make it with setPreferredSize(new Dimension()) method, but it does work only in horizontal way. I was looking for thread with this problem but i couldn't find anything. Woluld you help me?

the result is

and the fragment of code:

JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();
JButton jcolor = new JButton();
jcolor.setBackground(Shapes.color);
jcolor.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 100));
menubar.add(jcolor);
setJMenuBar(menubar);

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '17 at 19:22

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set the Layout of the MenuBar to null and set its own bounds then add any component you want with the size you want, but you've to setup the bounds for the component you want to add

EX:

menubar.setLayout(null);
menubar.setBounds(x, y, width, height);
JButton jcolor = new JButton();
jcolor.setBackground(Shapes.color);
jcolor.setBounds(x, y, width, height);
menubar.add(jcolor);

answered Apr 30 '17 at 19:22

Jamal Alkelani

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@MaciejHajduk You've to set the Bounds of the JMenuBar and the component you want to add, if you didn't do this nothing will appear! and don't forget to set the MenuBar – Jamal Alkelani Apr 30 '17 at 19:34
Yep, i had, but as i said, nothing happened – Maciej Hajduk Apr 30 '17 at 19:38
@MaciejHajduk I guess this help you too much http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19580343/how-to-set-a-size-for-jmenuitem – Jamal Alkelani Apr 30 '17 at 20:00
it gaves same result as setPreferredSize(new Dimension()) – Maciej Hajduk Apr 30 '17 at 20:17

setting JButton size in JMenu

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