[java] How to place a JButton at a desired location in a JFrame using Java

I want to put a Jbutton on a particular coordinate in a JFrame. I put setBounds for the JPanel (which I placed on the JFrame) and also setBounds for the JButton. However, they dont seem to function as expected.

My Output:

This is my code:

import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class Control extends JFrame {

    // JPanel
    JPanel pnlButton = new JPanel();
    // Buttons
    JButton btnAddFlight = new JButton("Add Flight");

    public Control() {
        // FlightInfo setbounds
        btnAddFlight.setBounds(60, 400, 220, 30);

        // JPanel bounds
        pnlButton.setBounds(800, 800, 200, 100);

        // Adding to JFrame
        pnlButton.add(btnAddFlight);
        add(pnlButton);

        // JFrame properties
        setSize(400, 400);
        setBackground(Color.BLACK);
        setTitle("Air Traffic Control");
        setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Control();
    }
}

How can place the JButton at coordinate (0, 0)?

I have figured it out lol. for the button do .setBounds(0, 0, 220, 30) The .setBounds layout is like this (int x, int y, int width, int height)

Use child.setLocation(0, 0) on the button, and parent.setLayout(null). Instead of using setBounds(...) on the JFrame to size it, consider using just setSize(...) and letting the OS position the frame.

//JPanel
JPanel pnlButton = new JPanel();
//Buttons
JButton btnAddFlight = new JButton("Add Flight");

public Control() {

    //JFrame layout
    this.setLayout(null);

    //JPanel layout
    pnlButton.setLayout(null);

    //Adding to JFrame
    pnlButton.add(btnAddFlight);
    add(pnlButton);

    // postioning
    pnlButton.setLocation(0,0);

Define somewhere the consts :

private static final int BUTTON_LOCATION_X = 300;  // location x 
private static final int BUTTON_LOCATION_Y = 50;   // location y 
private static final int BUTTON_SIZE_X = 140;      // size height
private static final int BUTTON_SIZE_Y = 50;       // size width

and then below :

                JButton startButton = new JButton("Click Me To Start!");
                // startButton.setBounds(300, 50,140, 50 );
                startButton.setBounds(BUTTON_LOCATION_X
                                    , BUTTON_LOCATION_Y,
                                      BUTTON_SIZE_X, 
                                      BUTTON_SIZE_Y );
                contentPane.add(startButton);

where contentPane is the Container object that holds the entire frame :

 JFrame frame = new JFrame("Some name goes here");
 Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();

I hope this helps , works great for me ...

You should set layout first by syntax pnlButton.setLayout(), and then choose the most suitable layout which u want. Ex: pnlButton.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEADING, 5, 5));. And then, take that JButton into JPanel.

First, remember your JPanel size height and size width, then observe: JButton coordinates is (xo, yo, x length , y length). If your window is 800x600, you just need to write:

JButton.setBounds(0, 500, 100, 100);

You just need to use a coordinate gap to represent the button, and know where the window ends and where the window begins.