seting the location of a textfield

[Mr. Hyde]

good afternoon,
(this is my first post, so please I would love to hear feedback if I am somehow breaking protocol)

I am working on creating an applet which is similar to the Oregon trail in its game play. I have created a text field however it always appears in the same spot in the applet setLocaton(int, int) & setLocation(point) have done absolutely nothing. does anyone know how I can move my text?
this is what i have for code concerning the text field.

            TextField inputLine = new TextField(30);
            inputLine.setForeground(Color.red);
            inputLine.setBackground(Color.green);
            inputLine.addActionListener(this);
            inputLine.setLocation(p);
            add(inputLine);

thank you very much I appreciate any and all help that I can get.

[KevinWorkman]

Recommended reading: Lesson: Laying Out Components Within a Container (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)

[Mr. Hyde]

thank you the problem hath been resolved & there was much rejoicing.