How to display an ArrayList in a JPanel

Question

How can I get a JList to show in a JPenel. For example I'd like to have the following groups of items displayed in a JPanel, with each group showing on it's own column, with a new group being dropped into a new line, like how Google lists search results.

For example:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JPanel;


public class ReaderImpl {
    JPanel paneTo = new JPanel();

    List<String> text() {
        List<String> lovely = new ArrayList<String>(4);
            lovely.add("Tall, Short, Average");         // line 1
            lovely.add("mangoes, apples, Bananas");     // line 2
            lovely.add("12, 33");  
        return lovely;
    }

    // How do I add the lovely ArrayList to paneTo
}

You want to use a JListBox and set the listModel to your data. — Robadob, Jul 31 '13 at 14:58
What is `Reader`? Where do columns come into this; you seem to want the different strings put into their own rows. — Eric Jablow, Jul 31 '13 at 15:03
Sorry, my bad. No more "extends Reader" now. Hope you can help now — Oliver Muchai, Jul 31 '13 at 15:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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A JList renderer can draw a checkbox, but JList does not support a cell editor. Instead, consider a one-column JTable.

Check out this link here.

Hope that helps.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Jul 31 '13 at 15:05

JNL

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@olicvermuchai Not a problem. I would appreciate if the answer helped you, can you upvote or accept the answer and close the question. Thanks – JNL Jul 31 '13 at 15:24
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I will a bit later. can't upvote you right now: just joined StackOverflow and my points aren't high enough. – Oliver Muchai Jul 31 '13 at 15:32

How to display an ArrayList in a JPanel

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