Java Swing JFrame Layout

Question

I just wrote a simple code where I want a textfield and a button to appear on the main frame, but after running all I see is the textfield.

If I write the code of th

Answer 1

JFrame's default Layout Manager is BorderLayout. If you want the automatic layout, you may use the FlowLayout:

mainframe.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

If you want to specify coordinates by setBounds() method, you have to cancel the setting of layout manager on JFrame:

mainframe.setLayout(null);
jb.setBounds(10,10,100,50);
link.setBounds(10,70,180,100);