Re: Get width of JPopupMenu

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From: Paul Furbacher [TeamB]
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 00:00

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David Sykes wrote:

> I have a JPopupMenu that I would like to place to the left of a given
> control. Unfortunately, all of the getSize(), getWidth(), getBounds()
> methods return a width of 0 before the menu is displayed.
> 
> Does anybody know of a way to get the width of the popup _BEFORE_ it is
> displayed?

I'm just guessing and don't have time to test this: JPopupMenu has
a public "pack()" method.  Try doing that and then get the size.
Packing may force the "realization" of the component: until a 
component has been realized and laid out, it doesn't have any
dimensions.

Paul Furbacher  (TeamB)

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