Placing a JLabel at a specific x,y coordinate on a JPanel

Question

I\'m trying to place a series of JLabels at specific X and Y coordinates on a JPanel (and set its height and width, too). No matter what I do, each label winds up immediatel

Answer 1

Layout managers are used to automatically determine the layout of components in a container. If you want to put components at specific coordinate locations, then you should not use a layout manager at all.

myPanel = new JPanel(null);

or

myPanel.setLayout(null);