Center the JLabels in a GridLayout

Hi!
I do have one problem: I want two JLabel objects to be centered in a JPane (with GridLayout).
How do I do this? Do I have to use a different layout, and if so wich one?
JPanel jilettersPanel = new JPanel();
          jilettersPanel.setBackground(color);
          jilettersPanel.setLayout( new GridLayout(2,0) );
// Doesn't work the way I expect -----------------------------------------------------------------
          jilettersPanel.setAlignmentX(JComponent.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
          JLabel jiletters = new JLabel("JILetters - help children learn the alphabet");
          jiletters.setFont( new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 16) );
          //The version
          JLabel version = new JLabel();
          version.setText( getVersion() );
          version.setFont( new Font("sans serif", Font.BOLD, 16) );
          jilettersPanel.add(jiletters);
          jilettersPanel.add(version);
          aboutPanel.add(jilettersPanel);
Thanks in advance

Are you trying to center the two JLabels in the same place in the center of the pane (on top of each other) or center them in two consecutive grid locations in a grid layout?
Can you briefly describe what you are getting and how it's different from what you want to get?

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