Java Swing / AWT - 创建滚动窗格部分的最佳方式？

Question

I'm creating a small social network for my programming class in Java Swing and AWT. I'm trying to create a ScrollPane that can contain posts from users. If the posts go out of the window, i want to be able to scroll through the posts (see image attached). What would be the best approach? Do i need to use a scrollpane, Jtable, JSlider? On the image i have a pane on the left that works as a menu. I also have a pane on the right, which is where i want the posts (example image was made in Photoshop). The posts is being created by a loop.

I haven't included any code, since I'm just asking for the best approach.

Thanks

Answer 1

For this specific approach I suggest this:

Use CardLayout for the right section, that changes based on which button you click on the left section.

The left one would be aBoxLayout with vertical alignment.

For each of the panels on the CardLayout , you add a JScrollPane so they are all independent from each other.

And for the main panel I'd suggest a GridLayout so you can have both panes equally spaced.