How to move JLabel around on a panel

[Kristoffer]

Hello,

I have some problem with my code. I have not managed to move a JLabel around on my JPanel. I have tried some different approaches in the code, they are in there and it compiles fine but will not move the JLabel. Anyone out there that could tell me what I am missing?

package chapter3;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;

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

public class Panel {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Color myColor = new Color(255, 0, 120);
		
		//Subpanel
		JPanel subpanel = new JPanel();
		subpanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(150, 150));
		subpanel.setBackground(myColor);
		JLabel label = new JLabel("Some text");
		label.setAlignmentX(SwingConstants.LEFT);              //not working
		label.setAlignmentX(0);                                         //not working
		label.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);  //not working
		label.setHorizontalAlignment(0);                             //not working
		subpanel.add(label);
		
		//Main panel
		JPanel panel = new JPanel();
		panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 200));
		panel.setBackground(Color.yellow);
		panel.add(subpanel);
		
		//Frame
		JFrame frame = new JFrame("The Frame");
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		frame.setLocation(200, 200);
		frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
		frame.pack();
		frame.setVisible(true);
		
	}

}

[camickr]

The alignment property is only used by some layout manager to control the position within the panel. You add your label to a JPanel which uses a FlowLayout that centers components by default. So the FlowLayout ignores the alignment property.

1) Add the label directly to the JFrame, which uses a BorderLayout. Then the width of the label will be the width of the frame.

2) You only need to use the following property to align the text within its own bounds:

label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);

[Kristoffer]

Thanks for showing me this. Adding BorderLayout to my panel worked perfectly!

JPanel subpanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());