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James Kelly wrote:

> I am trying to create a GUI where there are two splitpanes, or two
> panels using PaneLayout (could also use SplitPanel if that would work).
> What I am doing is placing one of the splitpanes into the other so that
> I get two tree views, split, on the left side of the larger splitpane,
> and a panel on the right side of the larger splitpane.
> 
> I can do all that just fine, but I then want to be able to switch
> between more than one panel on the right side depending on which item is
> selected in the tree views.
> 
> Has anyone else done this?  I can not find examples showing anything
> close to this in code, but JBuilder uses it so I know it is possible.
> 
> Any pointers would be great.  I am relatively knew to Java, but am
> fairly experienced in doing this type of thing in Objective-C.

Two ways to go: 

1. Place a panel in the right-hand side.  Set the layout to "CardLayout"
    and add a panel for each type of item selectable from the tree view.

2. Place a tabset panel in the right-hand side.  Hide its tabs. Add
    panels which correspond to the selections in the tree view.


Paul Furbacher  (TeamB)