XY Layout JAVA

Question

is there any sort of XY-Layout to Java?

So I can set a Button at the X and Y cordinate and that it is suppose to be that big etc.... Because this border layout and

Answer 1

If you really want to do this, use

setLayout(null);

on the component you're putting things into, then use

setBounds(x, y, width, height);

to set the absolute coordinates of the elements. Example:

setLayout(null);
JButton myButton = new JButton("Do Stuff");
add(myButton);
myButton.setBounds(30, 30, 100, 30);

However, the resulting GUI will look non-standard, won't be resizable, and if it's of any complexity, will be a pain to maintain.

I know that layouting is frustrating, but in the end you will be better off using a combination of BorderLayouts and FlowLayouts, orGridBagLayout - or an IDE interface builder like Eclipse's or Netbeans'.