Newbie Question

[tan kian]

i've just learned java GUI for a few days, so heres a pretty basic question: all i wanna do is to make this interface below.

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Buttons here |
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Panel for displaying other things |
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but this is the interface i keep getting:

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buttons here | display here |
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heres my code. Can someone help?

JButton yes = new JButton("Yes");
JButton no = new JButton("No");
JButton maybe = new JButton("Maybe");

public Tgui()
{
JPanel pn = new JPanel();
JPanel display = new JPanel();

Container container = getContentPane();
container.setLayout(new GridLayout(9,1));

Container displayer = getContentPane();
displayer.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,1));

pn.add(yes);
pn.add(no);
pn.add(maybe);

container.add(pn);
display.setBackground(Color.white);
displayer.add(display);
setTitle("Test");
}

public static void main(String [] args)
{
Tgui t = new Tgui();

t.setSize(640,420);
t.setLocation(30,30);
t.setVisible(true);
t.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}

[Michael Dunn]

try this

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class Tgui extends JFrame
{
  JButton yes = new JButton("Yes");
  JButton no = new JButton("No");
  JButton maybe = new JButton("Maybe");
 
  public Tgui()
  {
    //JPanel pn = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));//left-aligned
    JPanel pn = new JPanel();
    JPanel display = new JPanel();
    pn.add(yes);
    pn.add(no);
    pn.add(maybe);
    display.setBackground(Color.white);
    getContentPane().add(pn,BorderLayout.NORTH);
    getContentPane().add(display,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    setTitle("Test");
  }
  public static void main(String [] args)
  {
    Tgui t = new Tgui();
    t.setSize(640,420);
    t.setLocation(30,30);
    t.setVisible(true);
    t.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  }
}

[tan kian]

i've tried it, but its no use =(