Swing - how to mix JTextField and JTextAreas and have same visual appearance?
I am using miglayout to create a form in which there are JTextFields (short input answers) as well as JTextAreas (Longer answers).  The problem is twofold.  

1. The border placed around a Scrollpane wrapped text area does not match that of a Text Field.  
2. The width and placement of the textarea/textfield differ, causing them not to line up correctly.


![alt text][1]

Source code:

    package test2;

    import javax.swing.JFrame;
    import javax.swing.JLabel;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
    import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
    import javax.swing.JTextArea;
    import javax.swing.JTextField;
    import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;

    public class Test extends JPanel {

    private static final int NUM_CHARACTERS_WIDTH = 20;
    private static final int NUM_ROWS = 5;
    public Test() {

        setLayout(new MigLayout(
                "wrap 2",
                // Align text labels on the so their right edge meets left edge of the text fields
                "[right][left]"
                ));

        add(new JLabel("Text field:"));
        add(new JTextField(NUM_CHARACTERS_WIDTH));

        add(new JLabel("No scrollpane text area:"));
        add(new JTextArea(NUM_ROWS, NUM_CHARACTERS_WIDTH));

        add(new JLabel("Scrollpane text area:"));
        add(new JScrollPane(new JTextArea(NUM_ROWS, NUM_CHARACTERS_WIDTH)));

        add(new JLabel("Text field:"));
        add(new JTextField(NUM_CHARACTERS_WIDTH));

    }


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        JPanel panel = new Test();
        frame.add(panel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

}

What's the preferred way to mix and match jtextfield and jtextareas, while still maintaining visual harmony?  I notice now that the text field has a blue highlight around it when focus is in it, as opposed to the text area... another source of visual discontinuity.

  [1]: http://grab.by/3O0V
Swing - how to mix JTextField and JTextAreas and have same visual appearance?
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I am using miglayout to create a form in which there are JTextFields (short input answers) as well as JTextAreas (Longer answers).  The problem is twofold.  

1. The border placed around a Scrollpane wrapped text area does not match that of a Text Field.  
2. The width and placement of the textarea/textfield differ, causing them not to line up correctly.


![alt text][1]

Source code:

    package test2;

    import javax.swing.JFrame;
    import javax.swing.JLabel;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
    import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
    import javax.swing.JTextArea;
    import javax.swing.JTextField;
    import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;

    public class Test extends JPanel {

    private static final int NUM_CHARACTERS_WIDTH = 20;
    private static final int NUM_ROWS = 5;
    public Test() {

        setLayout(new MigLayout(
                "wrap 2",
                // Align text labels on the so their right edge meets left edge of the text fields
                "[right][left]"
                ));

        add(new JLabel("Text field:"));
        add(new JTextField(NUM_CHARACTERS_WIDTH));

        add(new JLabel("No scrollpane text area:"));
        add(new JTextArea(NUM_ROWS, NUM_CHARACTERS_WIDTH));

        add(new JLabel("Scrollpane text area:"));
        add(new JScrollPane(new JTextArea(NUM_ROWS, NUM_CHARACTERS_WIDTH)));

        add(new JLabel("Text field:"));
        add(new JTextField(NUM_CHARACTERS_WIDTH));

    }


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        JPanel panel = new Test();
        frame.add(panel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

}

What's the preferred way to mix and match jtextfield and jtextareas, while still maintaining visual harmony?  I notice now that the text field has a blue highlight around it when focus is in it, as opposed to the text area... another source of visual discontinuity.

  [1]: http://grab.by/3O0V