...For eg) To add a JButton object to a layout manager: you do this code: panel.add(new JButton("Hello World"), new XYWidthHeight(0,0,1,1)); Remember example code for to use Layout Manager is in MatthewLayout class. This example code is in main() function in MatthewLayout class. To create MatthewLayout object you need to specify value "true" in constructor. For eg) panel.setLayout(new MatthewLayout(true));