MigLayout JTextArea is not shrinking when used with linewrap=true

Question

If I use a JTextArea with MigLayout like this:

MigLayout thisLayout = new MigLayout(\"\", \"[][grow]\", \"[]20[]\");
   this.setLayout(thisLayout);
   {
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Answer 1

I just discovered that this can simply be resolved by changing the line

this.add(jTextArea1, "cell 0 1 2 1,growx");

to

this.add(jTextArea1, "cell 0 1 2 1,growx, wmin 10");

and no extra panels are needed. Setting an explicit minimum size is what does the trick.

Explanation: see the note under the section on padding in the MiGLayout whitepaper:

http://www.migcalendar.com/miglayout/whitepaper.html