// Make a new Panel and add the TextFields to it.
  Panel p1 = new Panel();
  p1.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1));
  p1.add(number1);
  p1.add(number2);

  // Make a second Panel and add the Button and Label to it
  Panel p2 = new Panel();
  p2.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,1));
  p2.add(greeting);
  p2.add(pressMe);

  // don't forget to add the Panels to the Applet!
  add(p1);
  add(p2);

  pressMe.addActionListener(this);

How to improve Applet layout

Students always ask me this, so try this quick and dirty technique for now.

We use another awt object called a Panel, then we set GridLayout to the panel.

By using more than one Panel we can group items together. It's a bit of a kludge but will keep you off my back for a while.

Hopefully.

If you replace the init code with that shown on the left, you will get a neater layout.

The first parameter to GridLayout is the number of rows and the second, the number of columns. You add the items across, then down.

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