Thread: Noob at GUI's, need layout help.

I am making a very simple Gui at the moment, but don't know how to make it look good. it looks horrible right now, could someone teach me at how to make it look better?

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
 
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Gui extends JFrame {
	/**
	 * 
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	JCheckBox Google = new JCheckBox("Google.com");
	JCheckBox Yahoo = new JCheckBox("Yahoo.com");
	JCheckBox Bing = new JCheckBox("Bing.com");
	JTextField Search = new JTextField();
	JButton Go = new JButton("Go");
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
 
	public Gui() {
		setTitle("Tyler's Auto Searcher");
		setLayout(new GridLayout(8, 5));
		setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		pack();
		add(Search);
		add(Go);
		add(Google);
		add(Yahoo);
		add(Bing);
		add(new Label("Type what you want to search, then press enter, after selecting what sites you want to search with."));
		setSize(800, 200);
		setVisible(true);
 
 
 
	}
 
 
}

This is the code for the GUI, any ideas?

I mean, it looks horrible,



What are some layout options that I have to make this better? Like adjust where the buttons are, and make the "go" appear next to the chat box? Also, I just blocked out the info for the protection of my genius idea

Oh thanks, the GroupLayout really catches my eye, I going to try it.

Thanks for this! I just got the pdf, looks promising!