To absolute positioning components, passing null to the setLayout method of a container.
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class NoLayoutTest extends JFrame {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("NoLayout Test");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(null);
JLabel label = new JLabel("First Name:");
label.setBounds(20, 20, 100, 20);
JTextField textField = new JTextField();
textField.setBounds(124, 25, 100, 20);
frame.add(label);
frame.add(textField);
frame.setSize(300, 100);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}