FlowLayout in JPanels, and Container

Question

I set the FlowLayout alignment to RIGHT justify on my Container. I also want to control individual FlowLayouts in JPanels that are added to the Container. I want some panels to be center, and others LEFT or LEADING alignments, etc.
So far everything I try on the JPanel LayoutManager Alignment has no effect. Only the changes I make to the Container layout alignment have an effect. All of the JPanels are RIGHT justified when I run this program.
          rightLayout = new FlowLayout();
          rightLayout.setAlignment(FlowLayout.RIGHT);
          centerLayout = new FlowLayout();
          centerLayout.setAlignment(FlowLayout.CENTER);
          leftLayout = new FlowLayout();
          leftLayout.setAlignment(FlowLayout.LEADING);
          container.setLayout(rightLayout);
          titlePanel = new JPanel(centerLayout);
          twoPanel = new JPanel();
          threePanel = new JPanel(leftLayout);
          fourPanel = new JPanel();
          text1Panel = new JPanel(centerLayout);
          text2Panel = new JPanel(centerLayout);
          buttonPanel = new JPanel(centerLayout);
Thanks, rjw

Answer 1

Okay i think that to use GrisBagLayout takes away all the hastle,you can get things where you want them,
i think people don't use cause it seems like it's more complex to use,if you put this helper method in your code then you only need one line in your code to place a component.
This is the line of code to place a component
        addComp(theButton,theContainer,gb1,gbc,       0,1,1,1,1,1,gbc.WEST);Place this at the start of your CODE also
         GridBagLayout gb1 = new GridBagLayout();
         GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
         setLayout(gb1);/*
     * This is a helper method for GridBagConstraint Layout
     public void addComp(Component comp,Container cont, GridBagLayout gb1,GridBagConstraints gbc,
                    int row,int col, int numRows, int numCols, double weightx, double weighty,int theAnchor)
          gbc.gridx = col;
          gbc.gridy = row;
          gbc.gridwidth = numCols;
          gbc.gridheight = numRows;
          gbc.weightx = weightx;
          gbc.weighty = weighty;
                                           gbc.anchor = theAnchor
          cont.add(comp,gbc);
     }If you try and understand and it's not quite hard then it makes GUI building a lot easier and more efficient i think,let me know if you give this a go.