JTextField loop 2x for-loop WEIRD!

[Streetproject]

Not sure why this is happening, but I am trying to make a simple loop function that will create some JTextFields for some project I have to do.

I am not sure why, but the very LAST textField is not being added to the stage.

I have tested it. It is definitely added, and It should be there, but for some reason, it doesn't show. I even made a "test" textField and put it right where the other one should be by using "getBounds()" and it gets added to where the textField should be. It is almost as if the "add" function gets completely skipped over.

Anyways, can someone help? I'll add the code below:

/**
 * @author Matt
 */

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

public class createTextFields extends JFrame {

    public createTextFields()
    {
        textFieldFunction();

        // set properties of application's window
        setTitle( "Simple button function class" ); // set window title
        setSize( 850, 500 );                       // set window size
        setVisible( true );
    }
    public void textFieldFunction()
    {
        int startx = 50;
	int starty = 50;

        int changeInX = 80;
        int changeInY = 40;

        int boxW = 80;
        int boxH = 40;

        int rows = 2;
        int cols = 7;

        JTextField textFields[] = new JTextField[rows*cols];
	int i = 0;

	for(int y=0; y < rows; y++){
            for(int x=0; x < cols; x++){
            	textFields[i] = new JTextField();
            	textFields[i] .setBounds( startx+(changeInX*x) , starty+(changeInY*y), boxW, boxH );
            	add( textFields[i] );
                System.out.println("Just created the "+i+" JTextField.");
            	i++;
                //System.out.println("X: "+x+"\nY: "+y+"\n\n");
            }
	}

        // add these lines to make the last box show.... weird...
        //JTextField test = new JTextField();
        //test.setBounds(textFields[13].getBounds());
        //add( test );
    }
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        createTextFields app = new createTextFields();
        app.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
    }
}

[Fubarable]

There's nothing weird going on. You're trying to use absolute positioning when adding components to a container that uses BorderLayout, something that you shouldn't be doing. Try resizing your app, and you'll see ALL JTextFields disappear. A quick and wrong solution would be to set the layout of the JFrame's contentPane to null, which would allow for absolute positioning, but why do this when you can and should take advantage of the great layout managers that are available. I suggest that you put your JTextFields into a JPanel that uses a GridLayout, and then place this JPanel into your contentPane via the assistance of other layouts.

[Streetproject]

There's nothing weird going on. You're trying to use absolute positioning when adding components to a container that uses BorderLayout, something that you shouldn't be doing. Try resizing your app, and you'll see ALL JTextFields disappear. A quick and wrong solution would be to set the layout of the JFrame's contentPane to null, which would allow for absolute positioning, but why do this when you can and should take advantage of the great layout managers that are available. I suggest that you put your JTextFields into a JPanel that uses a GridLayout, and then place this JPanel into your contentPane via the assistance of other layouts.

Thanks a lot for your response. That fixed the problem. Still not exactly sure why, but yes it worked.

I would prefer to use those, but we are in the INTRO to java class, and the teacher wants absolute positioning. I was just making this quick function for handling all those textfields I would need to make.