BorderLayout for 2 Panels

[collwill]

I see "Button 3" in the Center and "Button 6" in the South but, missing the rest of the buttons. How do I fix it so that I see all 3 buttons in each panel for each quadrant? Help would be greatly appreciated

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


public class ShowBorderLayout {


	public static void main(String[] a)
	{
    	JFrame frame = new JFrame("BorderFlow Frame");

      	Container pane = frame.getContentPane();
      	//pane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
      	pane.add(getMainPanel(),BorderLayout.CENTER);
      	pane.add(getSubPanel(),BorderLayout.SOUTH );
      	frame.setSize(400,300);
      	frame.setVisible(true);
      	frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
   	}

	
             ///Center panel
            private static JPanel getMainPanel()
   	{
	JPanel mp = new JPanel();
	mp.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    	mp.add(new JButton("Button 1"));
    	mp.add(new JButton("Button 2"));
	mp.add(new JButton("Button 3"));
	return mp;
   	}

	//South panel
             private static JPanel getSubPanel()
	{
    	JPanel sp = new JPanel();
	sp.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
       	sp.add(new JButton("Button 4"));
      	sp.add(new JButton("Button 5"));
      	sp.add(new JButton("Button 6"));

      	return sp;
	}


}

[Fubarable]

don't repost, just edit the original post (which I've done for you).

[Fubarable]

Read the layout API and you'll see what happens when you add a component to a BorderLayout-using container without specifying a constant. In other words what's the default location for adding a component to a BorderLayout-using container. The API states this:

As a convenience, BorderLayout interprets the absence of a string specification the same as the constant CENTER:

    Panel p2 = new Panel();
    p2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    p2.add(new TextArea());  // Same as p.add(new TextArea(), BorderLayout.CENTER);

So you are adding all three buttons to the BorderLayout.CENTER position of your container, and only the last button will show. A solution: don't use BorderLayout for these containers. Use perhaps a GridLayout.