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Thanks, but neither the validate nor the changing of alignment nor any
combination thereof helped.

Interestingly, I notice the problem only appears when I subclass JTextField
and assign the setText there (I'm setting a default for my NumJTextField of
0.00).

Any other possibilities?

Matt Krevs wrote:

> Just an idea
>
> What happens if you call validate() for the container of the JTextField
> after calling setText(). You shouldnt have to do this but I wonder what
> effect it would have.
>
> Another thing to try would be to change the alignment to LEFT, call
> setText() and then reset the alignment to RIGHT.
>
> Alex B. Humphreys wrote in message <36A5F60D.CB3112E3@sema4.com>...
> >I have a class called NumJTextField that extends JTextField.  The code
> >follows:
> >
> >public NumJTextField() {
> >    setMargin(new Insets(2, 2, 2, 2));
> >    setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);
> >}
> >
> >Problem is, when I setText on the textfield in my code, it appears
> >hidden behind the left side of the field.  I can manually scroll the
> >field over and see my code, but this is of course unacceptable.  Any
> >ideas why the field doesn't setText in a clean manner?  If it's
> >important, I have the textFields expanding as needed using a
> >GridBagLayout and I reassign the value of the textFields many times
> >(repainting doesn't seem to help after each assignment).
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Alex
> >