How to disallow resizing component with GridBagLayout in Java

To disallow resizing component with GridBagLayout, use the GridBagConstraints NONE constant −

GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints(); gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;

The following is an example to disallow resizing component with GridBagLayout −

Example

package my; import java.awt.GridBagConstraints; import java.awt.GridBagLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.WindowConstants; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       JFrame frame = new JFrame("Demo Frame");       JPanel panel = new JPanel();       GridBagLayout layout = new GridBagLayout();       panel.setLayout(layout);       GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();       gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;       JLabel label = new JLabel("Rank: ");       JTextArea text = new JTextArea();       text.setText("Add rank here...");       layout.setConstraints(label, gbc);       panel.add(label);       layout.setConstraints(text, gbc);       panel.add(text);       frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);       frame.add(panel);       frame.setSize(550, 400);       frame.setVisible(true);    } }

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