Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import javax.swing.BoxLayout; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextArea; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JPanel controlPane = new JPanel(); JPanel buttonPane = new JPanel(); controlPane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(controlPane, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS)); controlPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 200)); controlPane.add(new JScrollPane(new JTextArea())); buttonPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT)); buttonPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 40)); buttonPane.add(new JButton("Button1")); buttonPane.add(new JButton("Button2")); frame.add(controlPane, BorderLayout.NORTH); frame.add(buttonPane, BorderLayout.SOUTH); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } }