Hide a button from Layout in Java Swing

Question

I am trying something very basic: I have a list of 5 buttons. They are in a FlowLayout and the general idea should be that once I click one it should disappear and the other

Answer 1

Just remove it:

 panel.remove( button );

What's wrong with this option?

Layout managers are thought precisely to avoid having the "user" to make tricks in order to have each component it the right place ( although it seems to provoke the opposite effect )

Removing the button from the panel will have the effect of laying out again all the remaining components. That's why it's name is "Layout manager" it manages to layout the components for you.