Component Organizers
We conclude the discussion of advanced Swing features with a presentation of components that help organize other components. These include the split pane, a mechanism for splitting an area into multiple parts whose boundaries can be adjusted, the tabbed pane, which uses tab dividers to allow a user to flip through multiple panels, and the desktop pane, which can be used to implement applications that display multiple internal frames.
Split Panes
Split panes split a component into two parts, with an adjustable boundary in between. Figure 6-44 shows a frame with two split panes. The outer pane is split vertically, with a text area on the bottom and another split pane on the top. That pane is split horizontally, with a list ...
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