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I have some experience in Java creating Apps and would like to learn more, and so have decided to create an application that will have different pages. For example the initial frame will show a menu of buttons that will lead to different frames, showing different components and layouts.

I'm not too sure the best practice of implementing pages. I think I could store the JFrame windows in a list, then use a button handler class to maybe change the visibility of the different frames, only allowing the relevant frame to be visible when the user clicks on a button. I think this method could work, but is there a more efficient/practical way of doing this?

I am aware of CardLayout, however for this program I am trying to learn MigLayout; so that won't be possible (as far as I'm aware). I hope this question is not too vague, I'd just like to know the best practice when it comes to creating applications in Java with different pages.

Can use Tabbed Panes, it is the best for storing pages.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/tabbedpane.html

Also I noticed that you need to consider top level containers properly, because you don't need to create every time a JFrame for each Page, at least if it was necessary(For example: an editor, create a new window so you need to create a new JFrame, in your case I don't think so) so please consider the link below.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/toplevel.html

JInternalFrame is a part of Java Swing . JInternalFrame is a container that provides many features of a frame which includes displaying title, opening, closing, resizing, support for menu bar, etc. Internal frames with components example

Code to create multiple internal frames:

import java.awt.event.*; 

import java.awt.*; 

import javax.swing.*; 



class solution extends JFrame { 



// frame 

static JFrame f; 



// label to diaplay text 

static JLabel l, l1; 



// main class 

public static void main(String args) { 

    // create a new frame 

    f = new JFrame("frame"); 



    // set layout of frame 

    f.setLayout(new FlowLayout()); 



    // create a internal frame 

    JInternalFrame in = new JInternalFrame("frame 1", true, true, true, true); 



    // create a internal frame 

    JInternalFrame in1 = new JInternalFrame("frame 2", true, true, true, true); 



    // create a Button 

    JButton b = new JButton("button"); 

    JButton b1 = new JButton("button1"); 



    // create a label to display text 

    l = new JLabel("This is a JInternal Frame no 1  "); 

    l1 = new JLabel("This is a JInternal Frame no 2  "); 



    // create a panel 

    JPanel p = new JPanel(); 

    JPanel p1 = new JPanel(); 



    // add label and button to panel 

    p.add(l); 

    p.add(b); 

    p1.add(l1); 

    p1.add(b1); 



    // set visibility internal frame 

    in.setVisible(true); 

    in1.setVisible(true); 



    // add panel to internal frame 

    in.add(p); 

    in1.add(p1); 



    // add internal frame to frame 

    f.add(in); 

    f.add(in1); 



    // set the size of frame 

    f.setSize(300, 300); 



    f.show(); 

} 

}