Question

I am making a pig latin translater using JFrame in Java. Here’s my problem; I have a “quit” button that closes the program; that doesn’t matter, but what does is I have no control over its alignment (or any other component). I tried using quit.setAlignmentY(BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT); in the hopes that that would align it to the bottom of the page, but nothing changed. Some help here, please?
In case anyone needs it, here’s the code;

    public class Main extends JFrame{  
        private static JLabel label, result;  
        private static JTextField english;  
        private static JButton quit;  
        private static String originalResult = "Translated to pig latin: ";  
        private static ArrayList<String> beginningSymbols = new ArrayList<>();  
        private static ArrayList<String> endingSymbols = new ArrayList<>();  
        //prompt for string to translate, display final result  
        public Main(){  
            super("Pig Latin Translator");  
            setLayout(new FlowLayout());  
            setVisible(true);  
            setSize(600, 300);  
            setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);    
            translatingHandler th = new translatingHandler();  
            label = new JLabel("Enter a phrase to translate into pig latin, then press enter:");  
            english = new JTextField(15);  
            result = new JLabel(originalResult);  
            quit = new JButton("Quit program");  
            english.addActionListener(th);  
            quit.addActionListener(th);  
            quit.setAlignmentY(BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT);  
            add(label);  
            add(english);  
            add(quit);  
            add(result);  
            english.requestFocus();  
        }  

        public static void main(String[] args){  
            new Main();  
        }
...
}

The JButton quit is the one I’m trying to align to the bottom of the page. Thanks!

Answer 1

Actually you are using FlowLayout. If you take a look at FlowLayout tutorials it is mentioned that

The FlowLayout class puts components in a row, sized at their
preferred size. If the horizontal space in the container is too small
to put all the components in one row, the FlowLayout class uses
multiple rows. If the container is wider than necessary for a row of
components, the row is, by default, centered horizontally within the
container.

If you insist on using FlowLayout align your components.

Anyways take a look at Using Layout Managers. For your task appropriate layout managers will be BorderLayout.

But if you need something very flexible use GridBagLayout or MigLayout but they are a little complex to use.

So as @HovercraftFullOfEels suggested try avoiding them.