Appending The Scroll Bar to the Text Area

Question

Hey, im having some serious problems setting the scroll panel to my text area, here is what i have done so far, could anyone offer me a hand please
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class MyPanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener
    private JButton forloopbtn;
    private JButton doloopbtn;
    private JButton whileloopbtn;
    private JTextField inserttxtfield;
    private JLabel insertlbl;
    private JTextArea countingtxtarea;
    private JScrollPane myscrollpane;
    public MyPanel()
        //construct components
        forloopbtn = new JButton ("For Loop");
        doloopbtn = new JButton ("Do Loop");
        whileloopbtn = new JButton ("While Loop");
        inserttxtfield = new JTextField (5);
        insertlbl = new JLabel ("Insert Number To Count To Here");
        countingtxtarea = new JTextArea (5, 5);
        myscrollpane = new JScrollPane();
        //adjust size and set layout
        setPreferredSize (new Dimension (485, 351));
        setLayout (null);
        //add components
        add (forloopbtn);
        add (doloopbtn);
        add (whileloopbtn);
        add (inserttxtfield);
        add (insertlbl);
        add (countingtxtarea);
        add (myscrollpane);
        //add actionlistener
        forloopbtn.addActionListener(this);
        doloopbtn.addActionListener(this);
        whileloopbtn.addActionListener(this);
        //set component bounds (only needed by Absolute Positioning)
        forloopbtn.setBounds (90, 50, 100, 20);
        doloopbtn.setBounds (200, 50, 100, 20);
        whileloopbtn.setBounds (310, 50, 100, 20);
        inserttxtfield.setBounds (320, 20, 30, 20);
        insertlbl.setBounds (135, 15, 185, 25);
        countingtxtarea.setBounds (165, 90, 145, 205);
     

Answer 1

ive tried to do it again and this is what my code now looks like, still no scroll bar tho
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class MyPanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener
    private JButton forloopbtn;
    private JButton doloopbtn;
    private JButton whileloopbtn;
    private JTextField inserttxtfield;
    private JLabel insertlbl;
    private JTextArea countingtxtarea;
    private JScrollPane scrollpane;
    public MyPanel()
        //construct components
        forloopbtn = new JButton ("For Loop");
        doloopbtn = new JButton ("Do Loop");
        whileloopbtn = new JButton ("While Loop");
        inserttxtfield = new JTextField (5);
        insertlbl = new JLabel ("Insert Number To Count To Here");
        countingtxtarea = new JTextArea (5, 5);
        scrollpane = new javax.swing.JScrollPane(countingtxtarea);
        scrollpane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(javax.swing.ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
        //adjust size and set layout
        setPreferredSize (new Dimension (485, 351));
        setLayout (null);
        //add components
        add (forloopbtn);
        add (doloopbtn);
        add (whileloopbtn);
        add (inserttxtfield);
        add (insertlbl);
        add (countingtxtarea);
        add(scrollpane);
        //add actionlistener
        forloopbtn.addActionListener(this);
        doloopbtn.addActionListener(this);
        whileloopbtn.addActionListener(this);
        //set component bounds (only needed by Absolute Positioning)
        forloopbtn.setBounds (90, 50, 100, 20);
        doloopbtn.setBounds (200, 50, 100, 20);
        whileloopbtn.setBounds (310, 50, 100, 20);
        inserttxtfield.setBounds (320, 20, 30, 20);
        insertlbl.setBounds (135, 15, 185, 25);
        countingtxtarea.setBounds (165, 90, 145, 205);