Java tutorial
import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JSplitPane; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { JButton leftComponent = new JButton("left"); JButton rightComponent = new JButton("right"); JButton topComponent = new JButton("top"); JButton bottomComponent = new JButton("bottom"); JSplitPane hpane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT, leftComponent, rightComponent); JSplitPane vpane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT, topComponent, bottomComponent); leftComponent = (JButton) hpane.getLeftComponent(); rightComponent = (JButton) hpane.getRightComponent(); topComponent = (JButton) vpane.getTopComponent(); bottomComponent = (JButton) vpane.getBottomComponent(); hpane.setLeftComponent(topComponent); hpane.setRightComponent(bottomComponent); vpane.setTopComponent(leftComponent); vpane.setBottomComponent(rightComponent); } }