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So the JTabbedPane is in some other window besides the one that you add the
lineEditor to? Did you try calling validate on the the JFrame after adding
the component?

"Nikolaos Giannopoulos" <nikolaos@solmar.ca> wrote in message
news:39A536B5.D019D689@solmar.ca...
> Anyone know why the following code won't work:
>
>     JFrame newFrame = new
> JFrame(jTabbedPane1.getTitleAt(jTabbedPane1.getSelectedIndex()));
>     FileEditorPane lineEditor = (FileEditorPane)
> jTabbedPane1.getSelectedComponent();
>     jTabbedPane1.removeTabAt(jTabbedPane1.getSelectedIndex());
>     newFrame.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout());
>     newFrame.getContentPane().add(lineEditor);
>     Solmar.Utils.FrameTools.formatFrame(newFrame, true, 600, 500, true);
>
> Whereas the following will:
>
>     FileEditorPane lineEditor = new FileEditorPane();
>     newFrame.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout());
>     newFrame.getContentPane().add(lineEditor);
>     Solmar.Utils.FrameTools.formatFrame(newFrame, true, 600, 500, true);
>
> Basically I am taking a JPanel (which is what the FileEditorPane is at
> its root) and trying to remove it from a JTabbedPane and then trying to
> show it (the FileEditorPane) in a JFrame.  Basically I get a blank
> JFrame.
>
> It seems that once a component is added to a JTabbedPane that I can't
> get it out without hosing the component OR that the component is not
> displaying itself in the JFrame - I've tried using setVisible(true) on
> the component to no avail.
>
> --Nikolaos
>
>
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