jlabels don't size by using setbounds within a null layout

[such orb]

Hi, i am quite new to java.

i can't set a jlabels size while using a null layout. afaik, everything else is working just fine... problem is that setbounds won't change the jlabel's size. i have tried everything i can think of, but, nothing is working.


import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class crash extends JFrame {

{

JFrame frame = new JFrame("test");

frame.setBounds(0, 0, 1920, 1080);
frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOS E);
frame.setLayout(null);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);

{
JPanel panel = new JPanel(null);
panel.setBackground(Color.black);
panel.setLayout(null);

panel.setBounds(0, 0, 1000, 800);

frame.add(panel);
panel.setVisible(true);

{
setLayout(null);
JLabel jl = new JLabel("test text");

jl.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

jl.setBounds(200, 200, 400, 400);
jl.setForeground(Color.blue);

panel.add(jl);
jl.setVisible(true);

}
}
}
}

[DarrylBurke]

1) Look around the FAQs section of the site and learn how to post code so it retains its formatting.
2) Don't use a null layout and setBounds(...), use an appropriate layout manager: Lesson: Laying Out Components Within a Container (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)
3) Follow coding conventions. Class names start with an uppercase letter.

db