Aligning and Stretching components (i.e. JButton)

[rru96]

I am trying to setSize for the Buttons so that they will stretch across their respective cell of the GridBagLayout. Now, I have looked through the API and have hunted down a few setSize. I know it isn't Java, so what have I overlooked perhaps that has been causing me to pull my hair out.

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

public class BillFlipper {
	
	public static int winW = 400;
	public static int winH = 850;
	public static int items = 1; // Includes Title and all Flippers 
	public static int rowH = winH/items;
	
	
		
	
	
	public static void addComponentsToPanel(Container pane){
		
		
		
		pane.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
		GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
		
		JLabel title = new JLabel("Bill Swapper");
		title.setFont(new Font("sansserif", Font.BOLD, 30)); 
		title.setSize((winW-100), (winH/items));
		counter();
		c.gridx = 0;
		c.gridy = 0;
		c.gridwidth = 2;
		
		pane.add(title, c);
		
		JLabel needL = new JLabel("NEED TO PAY     |");
		needL.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
		needL.setFont(new Font("monospaced", Font.BOLD, 20));
		needL.setSize(200, 250);
		c.insets = new Insets(0,25,0,25);
		c.gridwidth = 1;
		c.gridx = 0;
		c.gridy = 1;
		counter();
		pane.add(needL, c);
		
		JLabel paidL = new JLabel("|     ALREADY PAID");
		paidL.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
		paidL.setFont(new Font("monospaced", Font.BOLD, 20));
		paidL.setSize(200,250);
		c.insets = new Insets(0,25,0,25);
		c.gridwidth = 1;
		c.gridx = 1;
		c.gridy = 1;
		pane.add(paidL, c);
		
		Dimension buttons = new Dimension();
		buttons.setSize(winW, (winH/items));
		
		JButton but1 = new JButton("ALFA");
		but1.setSize(buttons);
		c.gridwidth = 1;
		c.gridx = 0;
		c.gridy = 2;
		pane.add(but1, c);
		
		JButton but2 = new JButton("BALDWIN EMC");
		but2.setSize(buttons);
		c.gridwidth = 1;
		c.gridx = 0;
		c.gridy = 3;
		pane.add(but2, c);
		
		JButton but3 = new JButton("AT&T");
		but3.setSize(buttons);
		c.gridwidth = 1;
		c.gridx = 0;
		c.gridy = 4;
		pane.add(but3, c);
		
		JButton but4 = new JButton("DELL 1");
		but4.setSize(buttons);
		c.gridwidth = 1;
		c.gridx = 0;
		c.gridy = 5;
		pane.add(but4, c);
				
	}
		
		public static void createAndShowGUI(){
			
			Dimension minimumSize = new Dimension();
			minimumSize.setSize(winW, winH);
			
			JFrame frame = new JFrame("PAGE TITLE");
			frame.setMinimumSize(minimumSize);
			frame.setLocation(0, 0);
			frame.setResizable(false);
			frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

			addComponentsToPanel(frame.getContentPane());
			
			frame.pack();
			frame.setVisible(true);
		}
		
		public static int counter(){
			items++;
			return(items);
		}
		
		public static void main(String[] args){
			SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
				public void run(){
					createAndShowGUI();
				}
			});
		}	
	}

The program has no errors, but I am just not grasping the setSize (as well as aligning components). Can someone smack me on the back of the head and point me in a general direction as to where I might have strayed.
Thanks

[DarrylBurke]

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

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