Runtime Repositioning components in swing

Question

Hi all,
i want to reposition the components at run time, (like in netbeans)
please suggest or any idea how can i do it.
i want to crate a tool like netbeans (drag and drop components facility) using swing.
thanks
daya

Answer 1

hi camickr,
thanks for your replay.
yes i know i need to post in sscce,
what i want is suggestions from you people so that i can take decision to move further(starting coding).
ok, let me start with null layout. here is the demo using null layout
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
* @author Dayananda B V
public class DragNDrop extends JFrame implements MouseMotionListener {
    JButton btn = new JButton("drag and drop this component");
    public DragNDrop() {
        btn.addMouseMotionListener(this);
        btn.setBounds(20, 20, 200, 20);
        getContentPane().setLayout(null);
        getContentPane().add(btn);
        setVisible(true);
        setSize(400, 400);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    public static void main(String[] agrs) {
        new DragNDrop();
    public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
        btn.setLocation(e.getPoint());
    public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
}thanks
daya