Make 2 JButtons Equal in size

Question

I have two JButtons with texts "Ok" and "Cancel". I am using GridBagLayout to align them in a JDialog. I have set the anchor to GridBagConstraints.CENTER. Due to the difference in the number of characters in the texts "Ok" and "Cancel", the buttons are of different sizes. How do I align them correctly so that each of them have the same size. I tried the following but no avail.

okayButton.setSize(cancelButton.getSize());

Pappano

just for emphasis: sizing/positioning the components is the job of the LayoutManager (which you already use, good!) - setSize in application code has (and is expected to and must have :-) no effect – Nolannolana

Answer 1

Try setting the fill to GridBagConstraints.BOTH and give both buttons equal weight.

Bait

Answer 2

GridBaglayout have got GridBagConstraints and in all cases accepts PreferredSize

examples here and here

Hyperbole

Answer 3

Instead of okayButton.setSize(cancelButton.getSize()); use okayButton.setPreferredSize(cancelButton.getPreferredSize());

Bitthia

-1 no ... never-ever use setXXSize in application code (for some reasons, see #7229726) instead use a decent LayoutManager – Nolannolana

By the way, should I remove answers those may mislead people? – Bitthia