Alignment in a gui

Question

Hi chaps I'm using swing and the awt to make a gui for a sensor network simulation i've made. problem is i've got two JLabels and two JTextAreas on the same line as it were, i'd like them to be centre aligned, on separate lines, one under another.
i've got a content manager but i don't understand how to do what i need to do
cheers
public GUI()
     super( "SNS : Sensor Network Simulation" );
     Container c = getContentPane();
     c.setLayout( new FlowLayout() );
     Nonsense = new JLabel("Number of active sensors remaining");
     noquery = new JLabel("Number of queries executed");
     text5 = new JTextArea(text1.getText(), 1,4);
     text5.setEditable(false);
     text6 = new JTextArea(null, 1, 4);
     text6.setEditable(false);
then i add them to the container.

Answer 1

This is realy primitive but maybe the one you're looking for:
public class Test extends javax.swing.JFrame {
    /** Creates new form prova */
    public Test() {
        initComponents();
    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
    private void initComponents() {
        jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jPanel2 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel2 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jTextField1 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jPanel3 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jPanel4 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jLabel11 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel21 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jTextField2 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosing(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
                exitForm(evt);
        jPanel1.setLayout(new java.awt.GridLayout(3, 4));
        jPanel2.setLayout(new java.awt.GridBagLayout());
        jLabel1.setText("Lable");
        jPanel2.add(jLabel1, new java.awt.GridBagConstraints());
        jLabel2.setText("    ");
        jPanel2.add(jLabel2, new java.awt.GridBagConstraints());
        jTextField1.setText("jTextField1");
        jPanel2.add(jTextField1, new java.awt.GridBagConstraints());
        jPanel1.add(jPanel2);
        jPanel1.add(jPanel3);
        jPanel4.setLayout(new java.awt.GridBagLayout());
        jLabel11.setText("Lable");
        jPanel4.add(jLabel11, new java.awt.GridBagConstraints());
        jLabel21.setText("    ");
        jPanel4.add(jLabel21, new java.awt.GridBagConstraints());
        jTextField2.setText("jTextField2");
        jPanel4.add(jTextField2, new java.awt.GridBagConstraints());
        jPanel1.add(jPanel4);
        getContentPane().add(jPanel1, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
        pack();
    /** Exit the Application */
    private void exitForm(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
        System.exit(0);
     * @param args the command line arguments
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        new prova().show();
    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel4;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel3;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel2;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel21;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField2;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel11;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    // End of variables declaration
}Good luck.