import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public class TestCardLayout {

    protected void initUI() {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("test");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        final CardLayout layout = new CardLayout();
        final JPanel panel = new JPanel(layout);
        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
            panel.add(new JLabel("Label " + i), getLabelConstraint(i));
        }
        JButton next = new JButton("Next");
        next.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                layout.next(panel);
            }
        });
        JButton previous = new JButton("Previous");
        previous.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                layout.previous(panel);
            }
        });
        final JButton choose = new JButton("Choose");
        choose.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                String value = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(choose, "Enter a number between 0 and 999");
                try {
                    int i = Integer.valueOf(value);
                    if (i > -1 && i < 1000) {
                        layout.show(panel, getLabelConstraint(i));
                    }
                } catch (NumberFormatException e1) {
                    e1.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
        JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
        buttonPanel.add(previous);
        buttonPanel.add(next);
        buttonPanel.add(choose);

        frame.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        frame.add(panel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    private String getLabelConstraint(int i) {
        return "ComponentConstraint" + i;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                new TestCardLayout().initUI();
            }
        });
    }
}