Trouble gettings JList to scroll

[James Bolver]

Hi,

I'm new to Swing and like the subject says am haivng problems getting my Jlist to scroll. I know that JList does not scroll natively (why does the JList icon have a scroll bar on it then) and that I need to make an instance of a JScrollPane, or do i ?

I tried the scroll bar component w/ no luck.

This is my code:

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myList = new JList();
myList.setBounds(13, 24, 250, 280);
panel_1.add(myList);
panel_1.add(new JScrollPane(myList));
listPid.setBorder(new EtchedBorder(EtchedBorder.LOWERED));
...


This doesnt show any object in the position that the JList should be in,

I know i am missing somthing obvious here, but does anyone have any advice ?

Thanks,
James

[Eric Clayberg]

I know i am missing somthing obvious here, but does anyone have any advice ?

You need to first add a JScrollPane to you panel and then add the JList to scrollpane as its viewport.