// TextArea Text; public void init() { // Tell the applet not to use a layout manager. setSize(500, 500); setLayout(null); // initialze the button and give it a text. Rubric = new Button("Rubric Editor"); GradeSheet = new Button("Grade Sheet Editor"); TextArea text = new TextArea("Please Choose one of the following"); // now we will specify the positions of the GUI components. // this is done by specifying the x and y coordinate and // the width and height. Rubric.setBounds(100, 275, 100, 30); GradeSheet.setBounds(230, 275, 150, 30); text.setBounds(100, 225, 300, 50); text.setEditable(false); (text).getScrollbarVisibility(); // now that all is set we can add these components to the applet add(text); add(Rubric); add(GradeSheet); Rubric.addActionListener(this); GradeSheet.addActionListener(this); }