GroupLayout.createSequentialGroup() has the following syntax.
public GroupLayout.SequentialGroup createSequentialGroup()
In the following code shows how to use GroupLayout.createSequentialGroup() method.
// w w w . ja v a2s .c o m import javax.swing.GroupLayout; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); JPanel panel = new JPanel(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); GroupLayout layout = new GroupLayout(panel); panel.setLayout(layout); JButton buttonD = new JButton("D"); JButton buttonR = new JButton("R"); JButton buttonY = new JButton("Y"); JButton buttonO = new JButton("O"); JButton buttonT = new JButton("T"); GroupLayout.SequentialGroup leftToRight = layout.createSequentialGroup(); leftToRight.addComponent(buttonD); GroupLayout.ParallelGroup columnMiddle = layout.createParallelGroup(); columnMiddle.addComponent(buttonR); columnMiddle.addComponent(buttonO); columnMiddle.addComponent(buttonT); leftToRight.addGroup(columnMiddle); leftToRight.addComponent(buttonY); GroupLayout.SequentialGroup topToBottom = layout.createSequentialGroup(); GroupLayout.ParallelGroup rowTop = layout.createParallelGroup(); rowTop.addComponent(buttonD); rowTop.addComponent(buttonR); rowTop.addComponent(buttonY); topToBottom.addGroup(rowTop); topToBottom.addComponent(buttonO); topToBottom.addComponent(buttonT); layout.setHorizontalGroup(leftToRight); layout.setVerticalGroup(topToBottom); frame.add(panel); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } }