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Thread: Gap between GUI elements

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    Default Gap between GUI elements

    Hey, I'm using the following code to make an interface, but for some reason there is a massive gap between the text fields and the next panel. Any idea how I can fix this and make it a smaller gap?

    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import java.awt.*;
     
     
    class MyFrame extends JFrame
    {
    	public MyFrame()
    	{
    		//frame settings
    		setVisible (true);
    		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    		setTitle("trololo");
    		setLocation(300,300);
    		setSize(300, 300);
     
    		//declarations
    		JButton[][] Keypad = new JButton[4][4];
    		String[][] KeypadLabels = {{"7","4","1","0"},{"8","5","2","C"},{"9","6","3","!"},{"+","-","*","="}};
    		JTextField ScreenOut = new JTextField("asd");
    		JTextField ScreenIn = new JTextField("asd");
    		JMenuBar Toolbar = new JMenuBar();
    		JMenu Options = new JMenu("Options");
    		JPanel Section1 = new JPanel();
    		JPanel Section2 = new JPanel();
    		JPanel Section3 = new JPanel();
     
     
    		//containers
    		java.awt.Container c = getContentPane();
    		c.setLayout(new java.awt.GridLayout(3,1, 0, 0));
    		Section1.setLayout(new java.awt.FlowLayout());
    		Section1.add(ScreenIn);
    		Section2.setLayout(new java.awt.GridLayout(4,4));
    		Section3.setLayout(new java.awt.FlowLayout());
    		Section3.add(ScreenOut);
    		c.add(Section1);
    		c.add(Section2);
    		c.add(Section3);
    		Toolbar.add(Options);
    		setJMenuBar(Toolbar);
     
     
    		//keypad
    		int count =0;
    		for (int col =0; col<4;col++)
    		{
    			for (int row = 0; row<4;row++)
    			{
    				Keypad[col][row] = new JButton("");
    				Section2.add(Keypad[col][row]);;
    				Keypad[col][row].setLabel(KeypadLabels[row][col]);
    				count++;
    			}
    		}
    	}
    }

    class calculator
    {
    	public static void main(String Args[])
    	{
    		MyFrame f1 = new MyFrame();
    	}
    }

    Thanks in advance


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    Default Re: Gap between GUI elements

    Layout managers can look pretty daunting at first, there are so many to choose from - I recommend reading up on BorderLayout first, it is often the most useful top-level layout for GUIs like yours, and it is a lot simpler to use than GridLayout (unless you really need a grid).

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