Adding a panel on top of another panel

Hi all,
I am using NetBeans and have created a JApplet with a JPanel inside (given the default name of panel), and I want to add another panel on top of that.
I have another class, MyPanel that extends JPanel, and I have put some simple graphics in and tested this with a JFrame. In the JFrame, the myPanel is showing up with its graphics.
I tried to add myPanel to panel, but I cannot see myPanel.MyPanel myPanel = new MyPanel();
panel.add(myPanel);Can somebody please point me in the right direction to get myPanel on top of another panel?
Thanks,
Jeff
Edited by: jeff_cia on Nov 20, 2008 6:54 PM

You would do well to read the section on the [layout managers|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/index.html] at the Sun tutorial site.

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