Thread: JButton Positioning:

import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Screen
{
    JButton start;
    JButton reset;
    JButton box[][] = new JButton[20][20];
 
    Screen()
    {
        JFrame j = new JFrame();
        j.setSize(700,500);
        j.setLayout(new GridLayout(20,20));
        j.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
        //create buttons
        for(int row=0;row<20;row++)
        {
            for(int col=0;col<20;col++)
            {
                box[row][col] = new JButton();
                j.add(box[row][col]);
            }
        }
 
        //create start button
        start = new JButton("Start");
        j.add(start);
        start.setLocation(0, 0);
 
        //create reset button
        reset = new JButton("Reset");
        j.add(reset);
        reset.setLocation(2, 0);
 
        j.setVisible(true);
 
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        new Screen();
    }
 
}

I am trying to place the buttons on the bottom. I tried a few different things but the grid layout keeps grabbing it and making them a part of the grid at the button. Any advice?

Spend some more time looking at layout managers. Adding to Time4Java's advice, you may want to use a BorderLayout in the main container, use a GridLayout in a JPanel to which the box[][] elements are added, and then add that grid JPanel to the center of the BorderLayout. Then add the Start/Reset buttons to a JPanel which is then added to the South part of the BorderLayout.

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