FAQ 3e
Updated: 1/7/00

>>>>>> Why do my buttons keep moving around?
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All containers (including Applets) have layout managers that control the location 
of child components.  This was designed so that you could resize your application 
and still have all the components in useful locations.  For example: if you were 
to shrink your window and a critical button stayed in a fixed location, then you  
would not be able to see or activate that button.

Most applets (not all) will be a fixed size.  So it's perfectly alright to disable 
the layout manager.  You do it like this:

setLayout(null);


That's it!