Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.BoundedRangeModel; import javax.swing.BoxLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollBar; import javax.swing.JTextField; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { final JTextField textField = new JTextField(); JScrollBar scrollBar = new JScrollBar(JScrollBar.HORIZONTAL); JPanel panel = new JPanel(); panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); BoundedRangeModel brm = textField.getHorizontalVisibility(); scrollBar.setModel(brm); panel.add(textField); panel.add(scrollBar); textField.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { System.out.println("Text: " + textField.getText()); } }); JFrame frame = new JFrame("Text Slider"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.NORTH); frame.setSize(300, 100); frame.setVisible(true); } }