JTextArea not displaying correct size

[chanshaw]

Ok my problem is that when it loads the JTextArea, it does not show the full component's width and height. I've tried specifying it with setrow, setcolumn, setprefferedsize, all of that. It does display if I start to highlight the text but not on the initial load.

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
 
/**
 * @author Hanshawc
 */
 
public class MyDesk extends JFrame
{
   private JPanel panel;
   private JTextArea questionBox;
   private JPanel questionPanel;
 
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
       MyDesk myDesk = new MyDesk();
   }
 
   public MyDesk()
   {
       this.setTitle("MyDesk Alpha Version: 0.1");
       this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
       this.setSize(660,525);
       this.setResizable(false);
       this.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
       this.add(getMainPanel());
       this.add(getUI());
       this.setVisible(true);
   }
 
   private JPanel getUI()
   {
      JPanel userInterface = (JPanel) this.getGlassPane();
      userInterface.setVisible(true);
      userInterface.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
      userInterface.add(getQuestionPanel());
      return userInterface;
   }
 
   private JPanel getMainPanel()
   {
       panel = new JPanel();
       panel.setSize(640,480);
       panel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
       panel.add(getBackgroundImage());
       return panel;
   }
 
   private JLabel getBackgroundImage()
   {
       ImageIcon titleIcon = new
       ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("background.jpg"));
       JLabel titleLabel = new JLabel();
       titleLabel.setIcon(titleIcon);
       return titleLabel;
   }
 
   private JPanel getQuestionPanel()
   {
       questionPanel = new JPanel();
       questionPanel.add(getQuestionBox());
       questionPanel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
 
       return questionPanel;
   }
 
   private JTextArea getQuestionBox()
   {
        questionBox = new JTextArea(getQuestion());
        questionBox.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
        questionBox.setLineWrap(true);
        questionBox.setWrapStyleWord(true);
        return questionBox;
   }
 
   private String getQuestion()
   {
       String question = "Test question";
       return question;
   }
}

[chanshaw]

Duh, well sorta I had to add the ui before the mainpanel.