Java Swing Tutorial - Java JList .setLayoutOrientation (int layoutOrientation)

Syntax

JList.setLayoutOrientation(int layoutOrientation) has the following syntax.

public void setLayoutOrientation(int layoutOrientation)

Example

In the following code shows how to use JList.setLayoutOrientation(int layoutOrientation) method.

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
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import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;

public class Main {

  public static void main(final String args[]) {
    final String labels[] = { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" };
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Multi-Columns");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JList columns = new JList(labels);
    columns.setLayoutOrientation(JList.HORIZONTAL_WRAP);
    columns.setVisibleRowCount(3);
    JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(columns);
    frame.add(sp, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    frame.setSize(300, 200);
    frame.setVisible(true);

  }

}