JPanel and Layouts

[Barry Andrews]

Can I set a JPanel layout to null and use setBounds to position components? I have tried doing this but it does not work. It compiles, but does not show anything. Am I missing something here?
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
JButton button = new JButton("Button");
panel.setLayout(null);
panel.add(button);
button.setBounds(20,30,20,30);

[eric moon]

I think you need to set bounds before you add.... try that.

[Barry Andrews]

Yes, actually I did try that and it did not work either. I ended up using GridBagLayout which is kind of a pain to use but it got the job done. I am still curious about setting a JPanel to null though. Thanks!!!

Barry

[sailesh gadia]

I had tried a similar thing sometime back and it worked.
Have you done ?
panel.setVisible(true)
If you have done this, I can't think of any other reason