java - Scrollable area without scrollbars -

i need create area on 1 apply scrollbar, has scroll horizontally (the contents view larger logical area), have use special controls placed left , right control in order scroll.

i have thougth using absolute values (according logical view , subtract offset. thus, controls right offset placed negative x- values , discarded. controls x values above width discarded.

is valid approach?

best regards soeren

you can can create jscrollpane on component (your larger logical area) , remove scrollbars.

you can add buttons scroll left , right. when clicked these buttons should move view of scrollpane. done setting absolute position of view. can make relative first getting absolute position of view , incrementing/decrementing , setting again.

here's class shows scrollable window of larger image.

public class viewscroller {    public viewscroller() {     jframe frame = new jframe("viewscroller");     final imageicon image = new imageicon("path\\to\\my\\image");     jlabel label = new jlabel(image);     final jscrollpane scrollpane = new jscrollpane(label);     scrollpane.sethorizontalscrollbarpolicy(jscrollpane.horizontal_scrollbar_never);     scrollpane.setverticalscrollbarpolicy(jscrollpane.vertical_scrollbar_never);      jbutton left = new jbutton("<");     left.addactionlistener(new actionlistener() {       @override       public void actionperformed(actionevent e) {         point p = scrollpane.getviewport().getviewposition();         p.x = p.x < 10 ? 0 : p.x - 10;         scrollpane.getviewport().setviewposition(p);       }     });      jbutton right = new jbutton(">");     right.addactionlistener(new actionlistener() {       @override       public void actionperformed(actionevent e) {         point p = scrollpane.getviewport().getviewposition();         int offset = p.x + scrollpane.getviewport().getwidth();         p.x = offset + 10 > image.geticonwidth() ? p.x : p.x + 10;         scrollpane.getviewport().setviewposition(p);       }     });      frame.add(right, borderlayout.east);     frame.add(left, borderlayout.west);     frame.add(scrollpane, borderlayout.center);      frame.setdefaultcloseoperation(jframe.exit_on_close);     frame.setsize(400, 400);     frame.setvisible(true);   } }