Stacking JPanels

Attempting to stack JPanels to make many layers.
The problem is the JPanels print out right each other, and will not stack.

Code:

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package core;

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

public class Client extends JApplet{
       
        Container contentPane = this.getContentPane();
        JComponent GraphicsControl = new GraphicsHandler();
       
        public void init(){
                try{
                        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable(){
                                public void run(){
                                        createGUI();
                                }});
                        }catch (Exception e){}
        }
       
        public void start(){
               
        }
       
        public void stop(){
               
        }
       
        public void destroy(){
               
        }
       
        private void createGUI(){
                this.getContentPane().add(GraphicsControl);
        }
}

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Code:

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package core;

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

public class GraphicsHandler extends JPanel{

        Main MainInterface = new Main();
        Status StatusInterface = new Status();
       
        public GraphicsHandler(){
                this.add(MainInterface);
                this.add(StatusInterface);
                this.setBackground(Color.black);
        }
}

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Code:

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package interfaces;

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

public class Main extends JPanel{
       
        public Main(){
                this.setBackground(Color.red);
                this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,100));
        }
}

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Define stack: do you mean stack in the x/y sense, or stack in the z (3D) sense.
See A Visual Guide to Layout Managers (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Laying Out Components Within a Container)
And not discussed but pertaining to z stacking:
OverlayLayout (Java Platform SE 6)

Z stacking would be better.

Read up on JLayeredPane and/or JTabbedPane.

db

Got it to work instead of JLayeredPane I put JLayerPane, would of had it done a couple days ago.