GUI Problem with setBounds();

[JohnPringle83]

Hello, I am creating a startscreen for a project,

I can't seem to get the setBounds() methods to work. I want all three buttons to be the same width but it just isn't happening. They are all remaining at their default width.

Can anyone see what is wrong?

package Start;

import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class StartScreen extends JFrame {
	
	//CONSTRUCTOR
	public StartScreen(){
		super("Start");
		loadUI();
	}
	
	//UI
	private void loadUI(){
		Font font = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 14);
		
		//JFRAME
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		setResizable(false);
		setSize(340, 63);
		setLocationRelativeTo(null);
		
		//JPANEL
		JPanel panel = new JPanel();
		
		//BUTTONS
		JButton login = new JButton("Login");
		login.setBounds(10, 10, 100, 25);
		login.setFont(font);
		panel.add(login);
		//
		JButton register = new JButton("Register");
		register.setBounds(115, 10, 100, 25);
		register.setFont(font);
		panel.add(register);
		//
		JButton exit = new JButton("Exit");
		exit.setBounds(230, 10, 100, 25);
		exit.setFont(font);
		panel.add(exit);
		
		//JPANEL
		add(panel);
		
		//JFRAME
		setVisible(true);
		
		//EVENT HANDLING
		login.addActionListener(
				new ActionListener(){
					public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
						LoginScreen l = new LoginScreen();
						dispose();
					}
				}
		);
		register.addActionListener(
				new ActionListener(){
					public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
						RegScreen r = new RegScreen();
						dispose();
					}
				}
		);
		exit.addActionListener(
				new ActionListener(){
					public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
						System.exit(0);
					}
				}
		);
		
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args){
		StartScreen s = new StartScreen();
	}
}

[JohnPringle83]

dw, I figured it out, I forgot to put null into my JPanel constructor call

JPanel panel = new JPanel(null);

[DarrylBurke]

That's a bad solution. Lear how to use a layout manager.
Lesson: Laying Out Components Within a Container (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)

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