Question

I need to put a button in the bottom right of an otherwise empty JPanel

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How do I do that? It should be easy right? I would like to find the correct layout manager rather than using a sequence of nested panels.

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new SomeKindOfLayoutManagerThatDoesThis());
panel.add(new JButton("Click Me!"), SETTINGS);

Answer 1

I would suggest using the Border Layout manager with Flow Layout.

something like:

this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
buttonPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
JButton clickmeButton = new JButton("Click Me");
buttonPanel.add(clickmeButton);
this.add(buttonPanel,BorderLayout.SOUTH);