Problem with java layout and panels and containers

OK Guyz I'm very new to JAVA I have two programs here the one is my Case Study where you put coordinates width and height and you choose from a list of shapes and its draw it... My main problem is I cannot arrange the JButton JRadioButton and JTextField and JLabel to be in the right direction I wanted it to have two separate panels kinda like this program i grab in the net the problem is I cannot incorporate the two programs together Any help will be much appreciated

my program

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class CaseStudy extends JApplet
{

public void init()
	{
		Container content=getContentPane();
		Mypanel panel=new Mypanel();
		content.add(panel);
		resize(800,400);
		show();
	}
}
class Mypanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener

{
		JRadioButton line,circle,rectangle,triangle,pie,trapezoid,octagon;
		ButtonGroup  group;
		JTextField text1,text2,text3,text4,text5,text6,text7,text8;
		JLabel label1,label2,label3,label4,label5,label6,label7,label8;
		JButton draw,showcoor;
		int x1=0,y1=0,x2=0,y2=0,x3=0,y3=0,x4=0,y4=0;
		int shapes = 0;
		public Mypanel()

{

JPanel panel1=new JPanel();
			panel1.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2));
			panel1.setBackground(Color.red);

JPanel panel2=new JPanel();
			panel2.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel2, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
			panel2.setBackground(Color.green);

JPanel panel3=new JPanel();
			panel3.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel3, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
			panel3.setBackground(Color.blue);

JPanel panel4=new JPanel();
			panel4.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel4, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
			panel4.setBackground(Color.pink);

line = new JRadioButton("LINE" , true);
			line.addActionListener(this);
			circle = new JRadioButton("CIRCLE" , false);
			circle.addActionListener(this);
			rectangle = new JRadioButton("RECTANGLE" , false);
			rectangle.addActionListener(this);
		    triangle = new JRadioButton("TRIANGLE" , false);
		    triangle.addActionListener(this);
		    pie = new JRadioButton("PIE"  , false);
		    pie.addActionListener(this);
		    trapezoid = new JRadioButton("TRAPEZOID"  , false);
		    trapezoid .addActionListener(this);
		    octagon = new JRadioButton("OCTAGON"  , false);
		    octagon .addActionListener(this);

text1=new JTextField(4);
			text2=new JTextField(4);
			text3=new JTextField(4);
			text4=new JTextField(4);
			text5=new JTextField(4);
			text6=new JTextField(4);
			text7=new JTextField(4);
			text8=new JTextField(4);
			label1=new JLabel ("X Coor");
			label2=new JLabel ("Y Coor");
			label3=new JLabel ("Width");
			label4=new JLabel ("Length");
			label5=new JLabel ("Start Angle");
			label6=new JLabel ("Arc Angle");
			label7=new JLabel ("X 2 Coor");
			label8=new JLabel ("Y 2 Coor");

draw=new JButton("DRAW");
			showcoor=new JButton("Show Coordinates");
			panel2.add(line);
			panel2.add(circle);
			panel2.add(rectangle);
			panel2.add(triangle);
			panel2.add(pie);
			panel2.add(trapezoid);
			panel2.add(octagon);
			panel3.add(text1);
			panel3.add(text2);
			panel3.add(text3);
			panel3.add(text4);
			panel3.add(text5);
			panel3.add(text6);
			panel3.add(text7);
			panel3.add(text8);
			panel4.add(label1);
			panel4.add(label2);
			panel4.add(label3);
			panel4.add(label4);
			panel4.add(label5);
			panel4.add(label6);
			panel4.add(label7);
			panel4.add(label8);
			panel2.add(draw);
			panel2.add(showcoor);
			draw.addActionListener(this);

group=new ButtonGroup();
			group.add(line);
			group.add(circle);
			group.add(rectangle);
			group.add(triangle);
			group.add(pie);
			group.add(trapezoid);
			group.add(octagon);

add(panel1);
			add(panel2);
			add(panel3);
			add(panel4);
			}
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev)
			{
			String pindot = ev.getActionCommand();

if(pindot=="LINE"){
		shapes =1;
			repaint();
		}else if (pindot== "CIRCLE"){
		shapes =2;
			repaint();
		}else if (pindot== "RECTANGLE"){
		shapes =3;
			repaint();
		}else if (pindot== "TRIANGLE"){
		shapes =4;
			repaint();
		}else if (pindot== "PIE"){
				shapes =5;
			repaint();
		}else if (pindot== "TRAPEZOID"){
				shapes =6;
			repaint();
		}else if (pindot== "OCTAGON"){
				shapes =7;
			repaint();

x1=Integer.parseInt(text1.getText());
			x2=Integer.parseInt(text2.getText());
			x3=Integer.parseInt(text3.getText());
			x4=Integer.parseInt(text4.getText());
			y1=Integer.parseInt(text5.getText());
			y2=Integer.parseInt(text6.getText());
			y3=Integer.parseInt(text7.getText());
			y4=Integer.parseInt(text8.getText());

}

}
		public void paintComponent(Graphics a)
			{
				a.setColor(new Color(162,251,160));
				a.fillRect(0,0,400,400);

a.setColor(Color.black);
						for(int i=10;i<400;i=i+10){
							a.drawLine(0,i,400,i);
							a.drawLine(i,0,i,400);
						}

if (shapes==1){
					a.setColor(new Color(116,19,215));
					a.drawLine(x1,x2,x3,x4);

}else if (shapes==2){
					a.setColor(new Color(116,19,215));
					a.fillOval(x1,x2,x3,x4);

}else if (shapes==3){
					a.setColor(new Color(116,19,215));
					a.fillRect(x1,x2,x3,x4);

}else if (shapes==4){
					a.setColor(new Color(116,19,215));
					int x []={x1,x2,x3};
					int y []={x4,y1,y2};
					a.fillPolygon(x,y,3);

}else if (shapes==5){
					a.setColor(new Color(116,19,215));
					a.fillArc(x1,x2,x3,x4,y1,y2);

}else if (shapes==6){

a.setColor(new Color(116,19,215));
					a.fillRect(x1,x2,x3,x4);
					a.setColor(new Color(162,251,160));
					int x12 []={x1,x1,x1+x3/4};
					int y12 []={x2,x2+x4,x2};
					a.fillPolygon(x12,y12,3);
					a.setColor(new Color(162,251,160));
					int x13 []={x1+x3,x1+x3,x1+x3/4*3};
					int y13 []={x2,x2+x4,x2};
					a.fillPolygon(x13,y13,3);

}if (shapes==7){

a.setColor(new Color(116,19,215));
					int x []={x1,x1+(x3/4),x1+(x3/4*3),x1+x3};
					int y []={x2,x2-x4/2,x2-x4/2,x2};
					a.fillPolygon(x,y,4);
					a.setColor(new Color(116,19,215));
					int x11[]={x1,x1+(x3/4),x1+(x3/4*3),x1+x3};
					int y11 []={x2+x4,x2+x4+x4/2,x2+x4+x4/2,x2+x4};
					a.fillPolygon(x11,y11,4);
					a.setColor(new Color(116,19,215));
					a.fillRect(x1,x2,x3,x4);

}

and this is the layout out i wanted the grid should be in the left panel and all the components are in the right panel so when i draw i specific shape the shape will be in the left panel

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class JPanels extends JFrame {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new JPanels();
}

JRadioButton line,circle,rectangle,triangle,pie,trapezoid,octagon;
ButtonGroup  group;
JTextField text1,text2,text3,text4,text5,text6,text7,text8;
JLabel label1,label2,label3,label4,label5,label6;
JButton draw,showcoor;
int x1=0,y1=0,x2=0,y2=0,x3=0,y3=0,x4=0,y4=0;
int shapes = 0;

public JPanels () {
super("Test Window");
Container content = getContentPane();
content.setBackground(Color.lightGray);

JPanel bothsides = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 2));
bothsides.setBackground(Color.DARK_GRAY);

JPanel leftside = new JPanel();
leftside.setBackground(Color.DARK_GRAY);
leftside.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 200));

JPanel rightside = new JPanel();
rightside.setBackground(Color.PINK);
rightside.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 200));

text1=new JTextField(4);
			text2=new JTextField(4);
			text3=new JTextField(4);
			text4=new JTextField(4);
			text5=new JTextField(4);
			text6=new JTextField(4);
			text7=new JTextField(4);
			text8=new JTextField(4);
			label1=new JLabel ("X Coor");
			label2=new JLabel ("Y Coor");
			label3=new JLabel ("Width");
			label4=new JLabel ("Length");
			label5=new JLabel ("Width");
			label6=new JLabel ("Length");

rightside.add(text1);
		rightside.add(text2);
		rightside.add(text3);
		rightside.add(text4);
		rightside.add(text5);
		rightside.add(text6);
		rightside.add(text7);
		rightside.add(text8);

bothsides.add(leftside);
bothsides.add(rightside);

content.add(bothsides);

pack();
setVisible(true);
}
}

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http://bytes.com/topic/java/answers/910366-problem-java-layout-panels-containers
http://www.java-forums.org/awt-swing/40827-problem-java-layout-panels-containers.html

Since your apparently getting help from multiple sources, let us know if you still need help.

General comments on your question: you've presented a lot of code to wade through. One listing apparently presents the desired result, the other is what you'd like help with to achieve the desired result. This requires a potential helper to copy, run, compare, and then interpret the two results to determine the differences, suggest modifications, etc. all based on the helper's guess at what your desired result is. It's an iffy path to success, requiring a lot of time that might be wasted due to misinterpretation.

So, state the problem more explicitly. Leave as little as possible to the reader's imagination and the less code that must be run in order to understand your problem, the better.