Thread: how to position gui components

hello everybody i have been learning java for the summer for next semester i am currently looking at gui i was wondering how you can position components such as JLabels and JTextFields where ever you want. here is a peice of code i have been working on

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
 
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
 
 
 
public class gui extends JFrame{
	private JTextField num1;
	private JTextField num2;
	//private JTextField num3;
 
	private JLabel lnum1;
	private JLabel lnum2;
	//private JLabel lnum3;
 
		public gui(){
			super("sum program");
			setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 
			lnum1 = new JLabel("first number");
			lnum1.setToolTipText("enter the first number here.");
			num1 = new JTextField(10);
			lnum1.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.LEFT);
			lnum1.setVerticalTextPosition(SwingConstants.BOTTOM);
 
 
			lnum2 = new JLabel("second number");
			lnum2.setToolTipText("enter the second number here.");
			lnum2.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.RIGHT);
			lnum2.setVerticalTextPosition(SwingConstants.TOP);
			num2 = new JTextField(10);
 
			add(lnum1);
			add(num1);
			add(lnum2);
			add(num2);
		}
 
}

i know about flowlayout and i have hearded about gridlayout. but when i run this program both labels and textfields are in the top and center. what i want to do is position the first textfield and label in the bottom left hand corner and the second label and textfield in the top right hand corner. i know i sounds weird but i just need an example like that so i can understand how to do it.

thanks in advance.

thank for your help dlorde it was annoying me for a few days now, and also thanks for the tip on java naming convention, its good to stop bad habits early. thanks again.