Im trying to lay out my game so that the board is on the left hand side of the JFrame and the JTextField is in the upper right, and the JTextArea is below that. I have tried the GridBagLayout but can seem to get it to work. This is kinda what Im looking for ................. . .TextField. .Board........... . .TextArea . ................. The board is approx 560 x 560 in size, and the text field and area is for the chat area. I would appricate any help on how I can accomplish this. Thanks Terry