How to have Collapsable/Expandable JPanel in Java Swing

java swing jpanel expand collapse
Nayan Soni picture Nayan Soni · Nov 18, 2011 · Viewed 16.3k times · Source

I want a JPanel that can be Collapsed or Expanded when user clicks on a text/icon on its border. I need this type of panel due to space crunch in my application.

I read about CollapsiblePanel class but not sure how to use it.. I think SwingX is needed to be downloaded but did not find that anywhere.

Moreover, it would be better if I get the solution to this in basic Java Swing.

Answer

kleopatra picture kleopatra · Nov 18, 2011

not sure where you looked, but it's not that difficult to find - even given the infrastructure mess we are in ;-)

Go to the project home of SwingX, then follow the link in the first paragraph to the (barebone) download section, down to releases\1.6.2. Nothing special to the collapsibles themselves, just containers to put components into.

Related questions

How to add an image to a JPanel?

I have a JPanel to which I'd like to add JPEG and PNG images that I generate on the fly. All the examples I've seen so far in the Swing Tutorials, specially in the Swing examples use ImageIcons. I'm generating …

Read More
How to draw in JPanel? (Swing/graphics Java)

I'm working on a project in which I am trying to make a paint program. So far I've used Netbeans to create a GUI and set up the program. As of right now I am able to call all the …

Read More
Simplest way to set image as JPanel background

How would I add the backgroung image to my JPanel without creating a new class or method, but simply by inserting it along with the rest of the JPanel's attributes? I am trying to set a JPanel's background using an …

Read More