Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.DefaultListModel; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JList; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; public class MainClass extends JPanel { JList list; DefaultListModel model; int counter = 15; public MainClass() { setLayout(new BorderLayout()); model = new DefaultListModel(); list = new JList(model); JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(list); JButton addButton = new JButton("Add Element"); JButton removeButton = new JButton("Remove Element"); for (int i = 0; i < 15; i++) model.addElement("Element " + i); addButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { model.addElement("Element " + counter); counter++; } }); removeButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { if (model.getSize() > 0) model.removeElementAt(0); } }); add(pane, BorderLayout.NORTH); add(addButton, BorderLayout.WEST); add(removeButton, BorderLayout.EAST); } public static void main(String s[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("List Model Example"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setContentPane(new MainClass()); frame.setSize(260, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } }