Question

I want to put a JButton at a particular coordinate in a JFrame. I used setBounds() for the JPanel (which I placed on the JFrame) and also setBounds() for the JButton. However, they don’t seem to function as expected.

My Output:

This is my code:

import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class Control extends JFrame {

    // JPanel
    JPanel pnlButton = new JPanel();
    // Buttons
    JButton btnAddFlight = new JButton("Add Flight");

    public Control() {
        // FlightInfo setbounds
        btnAddFlight.setBounds(60, 400, 220, 30);

        // JPanel bounds
        pnlButton.setBounds(800, 800, 200, 100);

        // Adding to JFrame
        pnlButton.add(btnAddFlight);
        add(pnlButton);

        // JFrame properties
        setSize(400, 400);
        setBackground(Color.BLACK);
        setTitle("Air Traffic Control");
        setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setVisible(true);
    }

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

How do I place the JButton at coordinate (0, 0)?

Answer 1

Following line should be called before you add your component

pnlButton.setLayout(null);

Above will set your content panel to use absolute layout. This means you’d always have to set your component’s bounds explicitly by using setBounds method.

In general I wouldn’t recommend using absolute layout.