Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Dimension; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JSplitPane; public class Main extends JFrame { public Main() { setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setSize(400, 400); JSplitPane split = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT); split.setDividerLocation(200); add(split); JPanel panel1 = new JPanel(); panel1.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); panel1.add(new JLabel("top panel"), BorderLayout.NORTH); JPanel myDrawPanel = new JPanel(); myDrawPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 100)); myDrawPanel.add(new JLabel("draw panel here!")); panel1.add(new JScrollPane(myDrawPanel), BorderLayout.CENTER); split.setTopComponent(panel1); JPanel panel2 = new JPanel(); panel2.add(new JLabel("bottom panel")); split.setBottomComponent(panel2); setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { new Main(); } }