[java] How can I set size of a button?

I put my buttons in a JPane with GridLayout. Then I put JPanel into another JPanel with BoxLayout.Y_AXIS. I want buttons in the GridLayout to be square. I use tmp.setSize(30,30) and it does not work. I also try to use new GridLayout(X, Y, 4, 4) but I cannot figure out what X and Y are. So, what is the correct way to do this stuff?

ADDED:

I still cannot solve the problem. Here is the code of what I am trying to do:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class PanelModel {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Colored Trails");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
        mainPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(mainPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

        JPanel firstPanel = new JPanel();
        firstPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(4, 4));
        JButton btn;
        for (int i=1; i<=4; i++) {
            for (int j=1; j<=4; j++) {
                btn = new JButton();
                btn.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 100));
                firstPanel.add(btn);
            }
        }

        JPanel secondPanel = new JPanel();
        secondPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(5, 13));
        for (int i=1; i<=5; i++) {
            for (int j=1; j<=13; j++) {
                btn = new JButton();
                btn.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(40, 40));
                secondPanel.add(btn);
            }
        }

        mainPanel.add(firstPanel);
        mainPanel.add(secondPanel);
        frame.add(mainPanel);

        frame.setSize(400,600);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

The problem is that Java tries to make width of the firstPanel and secondPanel equal! Moreover, Java tries to to fill all height of the window. How can I remove this behavior?

GridLayout is often not the best choice for buttons, although it might be for your application. A good reference is the tutorial on using Layout Managers. If you look at the GridLayout example, you'll see the buttons look a little silly -- way too big.

A better idea might be to use a FlowLayout for your buttons, or if you know exactly what you want, perhaps a GroupLayout. (Sun/Oracle recommend that GroupLayout or GridBag layout are better than GridLayout when hand-coding.)

This is how I did it.

            JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
            JDialog.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
            JFrame frame = new JFrame("SAP Multiple Entries");
            frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
            JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(10,10,10,10));
            frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
            frame.setSize(512, 512);
            JButton button = new JButton("Select File");
            button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(256, 256));
            panel.add(button);

            button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
                    JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
                    int returnValue = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(null);
                    if (returnValue == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
                        File selectedFile = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();

                        keep = selectedFile.getAbsolutePath();


                       // System.out.println(keep);
                        //out.println(file.flag); 
                       if(file.flag==true) {
                           JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "It is done! \nLocation: " + file.path , "Success Message", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                       }
                       else{
                           JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "failure", "not okay", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                       }
                    }
                }
            });
            frame.add(button);
            frame.pack();
            frame.setVisible(true);

Try with setPreferredSize instead of setSize.

UPDATE: GridLayout take up all space in its container, and BoxLayout seams to take up all the width in its container, so I added some glue-panels that are invisible and just take up space when the user stretches the window. I have just done this horizontally, and not vertically, but you could implement that in the same way if you want it.

Since GridLayout make all cells in the same size, it doesn't matter if they have a specified size. You have to specify a size for its container instead, as I have done.

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class PanelModel {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Colored Trails");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
        mainPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(mainPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

        JPanel firstPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4, 4));
        firstPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(4*100, 4*100));
        for (int i=1; i<=4; i++) {
            for (int j=1; j<=4; j++) {
                firstPanel.add(new JButton());
            }
        }

        JPanel firstGluePanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
        firstGluePanel.add(firstPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
        firstGluePanel.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
        firstGluePanel.add(Box.createVerticalGlue(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);

        JPanel secondPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(13, 5));
        secondPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(5*40, 13*40));
        for (int i=1; i<=5; i++) {
            for (int j=1; j<=13; j++) {
                secondPanel.add(new JButton());
            }
        }

        JPanel secondGluePanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
        secondGluePanel.add(secondPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
        secondGluePanel.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
        secondGluePanel.add(Box.createVerticalGlue(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);

        mainPanel.add(firstGluePanel);
        mainPanel.add(secondGluePanel);
        frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);

        //frame.setSize(400,600);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}