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JFrame : cannot display two panels in jframe

I have problem to display two panel in Jframe. Please help me to fix the code below
public class quotingtable extends javax.swing.JFrame {
DefaultTableModel model;
JTable table;
JButton SetButton = new JButton("Set Symbol");
JButton VNStock = new JButton("VNStockChart");
JButton Global = new JButton("GlobalChart");
JPanel quotingpanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JPanel functionpanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
public void run(){
model = new DefaultTableModel(col,row);
quotingpanel.add(table);
functionpanel.add(BorderLayout.CENTER,SetButton);
functionpanel.add(BorderLayout.WEST,VNStock);
functionpanel.add(BorderLayout.EAST,Global);
table = new JTable(model);
JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(table);
quotingpanel.add(pane);
getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER,functionpanel);
getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.SOUTH,quotingpanel);
setSize(800,800);
setLayout( new FlowLayout());
setLayout ( new BorderLayout());
setVisible(true);
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
Any help is appreciated.

Remove:
setLayout( new FlowLayout());
setLayout ( new BorderLayout());
Using BorderLayout this way won't pick up the pre-existing components, so will ignore them and won't lay them out
And consider replacing setSize(800,800); with pack();
You may also want to change
getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER,functionpanel);
getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.SOUTH,quotingpanel);
to
getContentPane().add(functionpanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
getContentPane().add(quotingpanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
it's simply a more consistent and preferred mechanism

Why does the JScrollPane not appear around my JTextField?

I'm pretty new to GUI but I'm trying to create a simple version of notepad and would like scroll bars to appear around the text area. However, I'm not sure why it isn't appearing.
public class NutPad extends JPanel {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("NutPad");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(new NutPad(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setSize(500,300);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private NutPad() {
add(makeTextAreaPanel());
}
private JPanel makeTextAreaPanel() {
JPanel textAreaPanel = new JPanel();
textAreaPanel.setSize(100,100);
JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(20, 60); //15,43
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
textAreaPanel.add(scrollPane,BorderLayout.CENTER);
textAreaPanel.add(textArea);
return textAreaPanel;
}
}
Thanks

If you're going to use the BorderLayout.CENTER constraint, then the container needs to have its layout set to BorderLayout.
Also you don't need textAreaPanel since you can just add the scrollPane straight into your NutPad panel.
private NutPad() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add(makeScrollPane(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
private JScrollPane makeScrollPane() {
JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
return scrollPane;
}
Now your text area will fill the frame and the scrollbars will appear when the text takes up more than the available space.
Hope that helps :)

Having Multiple Panels with scroll panes

I created two panels and a main panel. Each panel contains a very large image, and I wanted both of them to be scroll-able to see the rest of the image. But when I add the two panels in the main panel and run it, the first panel is soo big that it covers the second panel. How would I implement ScrollPane for both panels?
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
public class BoardFrame extends JFrame {
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JLabel jLabel = new JLabel();
JPanel jPanelNorth = new JPanel();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
JLabel jLabel2 = new JLabel();
JPanel jPanelSouth = new JPanel();
JScrollPane scrollPane2 = new JScrollPane();
public BoardFrame() {
jLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("an image here"));
jPanelNorth.add(jLabel);
jLabel2.setIcon(new ImageIcon("an image here"));
jPanelSouth.add(jLabel2);
mainPanel.add(jPanelNorth, BorderLayout.NORTH);
mainPanel.add(jPanelSouth, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(mainPanel);
//where would I use this?
//scrollPane.setViewportView();
}
}

Each panel contains a very large image>
//JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
You may want to use a GridLayout so that each scroll pane takes up half the frame so as much of each image as possible is displayed.
//JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
JScrollPane scrollPane2 = new JScrollPane(jPanelNorth);
The easiest way to use the scroll pane is to create the scrollpane with the component you want displayed and the scrollpane will add the component to the viewport for you.
//mainPanel.add(jPanelNorth, BorderLayout.NORTH);
mainPanel.add(scrollPane); // don't need the constraint when using GridLayout.
Then you add the scrollPane to the main panel, since the scrollpane contains the panel with the image.

it seems to use grid layout is much better than using border layout , in this case :
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
public class BoardFrame extends JFrame {
//1. use GridLayout with 2 rows and 1 column .
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2,1));
JLabel jLabel = new JLabel();
JPanel jPanelNorth = new JPanel();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
JLabel jLabel2 = new JLabel();
JPanel jPanelSouth = new JPanel();
JScrollPane scrollPane2 = new JScrollPane();
public BoardFrame() {
jLabel.setIcon(new ImageIcon("an image here"));
jPanelNorth.add(jLabel);
jLabel2.setIcon(new ImageIcon("an image here"));
jPanelSouth.add(jLabel2);
//2.you should place .setViewportView() here :
scrollPane.setViewportView(jPanelNorth);
scrollPane2.setViewportView(jPanelSouth);
mainPanel.add(scrollPane);//is in the top ("North")
mainPanel.add(scrollPane2);//next ("South")
//3.use setContentPane instead of add()
setContentPane(mainPanel);
}
}

JButtons only appear on JFrame if in BorderLayout.CENTER, not SOUTH or NORTH

So I'm trying to create a gui, I've tinkered with gui's before in java but I'm still new to them. So my issued here is that my JLabels (butLabel & cbLabel) are filled with buttons and checkboxes. Sadly my JFrame will only show whichever is set to the BorderLayout.CENTER. NORTH & SOUTH don't ever show, even if I only set the butLabel to SOUTH and don't even use the cbLabel. What am I overlooking?? It's much appreciated, thanks!
public class mainWindow
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Main Window");
JLabel butLabel = new JLabel();
JLabel cbLabel = new JLabel();
JButton showBut = new JButton("Show");
JButton exitBut = new JButton("Exit");
JButton addBut = new JButton("Add");
JButton remBut = new JButton("Remove");
JCheckBox aCB = new JCheckBox("Airplane");
JCheckBox bCB = new JCheckBox("Boat");
JCheckBox cCB = new JCheckBox("Clock");
public mainWindow()
{
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); //I know this is set by default to BorderLayout but I just did it when I was out of options to try.
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(360, 480));
butLabel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,4));
cbLabel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 2));
butLabel.add(showBut);
butLabel.add(exitBut);
butLabel.add(addBut);
butLabel.add(remBut);
cbLabel.add(aCB);
cbLabel.add(bCB);
cbLabel.add(cCB);
frame.add(butLabel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.add(cbLabel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
}
public void setVisible()
{
butLabel.setVisible(true);//Didn't think I needed butLabel.setVisible or the cbLabel.setVisible but
cbLabel.setVisible(true);//again I was trying things that I thought might make sense.
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

do not use Label for grouping elements, use JPanel instead
I have tried replace all
Label
with
Panel
it works

Java Swing Layout

I would like the following lay out...
JButtons on top along side eachother.
The JTextArea should be under the buttons.
The JTextArea should also have a scrollbar.
...for the code below.
JPanel jp = new JPanel();
One = new JButton("One");
Two = new JButton("Two");
TestOutput = new JTextArea();
jp.add(One);
jp.add(Two);
jp.add(TestOutput);

Use a nested layout: To a JPanel having BorderLayout,
add a JPanel having FlowLayout for the buttons to the NORTH
and a JScrollPane for the JTextArea to the CENTER.

The keyword is layering - having JPanel on JPanel.

Use a GridBagLayout
See this for more help : How to Use GridBagLayout
Now note that the JTextarea to have a scrollbar have nothing to do with layouts.
See this for more help in that context : How to Use Scroll Panes

The FlowLayout in a JPanel for the JButton instances is one way to go. You might also use a JToolBar for the buttons.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class ButtonsAndTextAreaLayout {
ButtonsAndTextAreaLayout() {
JPanel gui = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(5,5));
// use a toolbar for the buttons
JToolBar tools = new JToolBar();
// use firstWordLowerCase for attribute/method names.
JButton one = new JButton("One");
JButton two = new JButton("Two");
tools.add(one);
tools.add(two);
// provide hints as to how large the text area should be
JTextArea testOutput = new JTextArea(5,20);
gui.add(tools, BorderLayout.NORTH);
gui.add(new JScrollPane(testOutput), BorderLayout.CENTER);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, gui);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new ButtonsAndTextAreaLayout();
}
});
}
}

You can either use a GridBagLayout as suggested, or nest multiple layout managers such as:
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
JButton oneButton = new JButton("One");
JButton twoButton = new JButton("Two");
buttonPanel.add(oneButton);
buttonPanel.add(twoButton);
JTextArea output = new JTextArea();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(output);
frame.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.add(scrollPane);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);