need to use scrollbar in java

[Oyewale Oyelami]

i need to use scroll bar to a windows app i developed.. simply because
after deployment.. if install on a notebook of smaller screen size. the
size of the form tends to be more longer than the screen.

Or better still if any one have the concept of getting the windows size
and resizing the form according to the windows size..
Thanks

[Darryl Burke]

Welcome to the Ranch!

What exactly does your question have to do with Java?

[Oyewale Oyelami]

i need to use the jscrollbar and have not used it before.. it is a java app

[Darryl Burke]

Which GUI toolkit/ AWT? Swing? JFace? SWT? Something else?

[Oyewale Oyelami]

swing

[Matthew Brown]

In Swing, I think the easiest way is to use JScrollPane (see the Scroll Pane Java Tutorial). Add all your components to a JPanel, put the panel in the JScrollPane, and then add that to your form. Everything in the JScrollPane becomes scrollable if necessary. The link contains examples.

As you suggest, though, a better solution might be to get your form to resize nicely in the first place. How easy that is depends on your layout, but the tools of choice here are Layout Managers. There are a range that can provide different types of re-sizing behaviour. Again, the Java Tutorials are a good place to start.

[Rob Spoor]

*kicks the thread towards our GUI forum*