I'm trying to organize my buttons

[Neoco]

Java:

import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class appletsummative extends JApplet implements ActionListener {         Box menu = new Box (BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);     JButton variables = new JButton ("Variables");     JButton fractions = new JButton ("Fractions");     JButton expanding = new JButton ("Expanding");     JButton factoring = new JButton ("Factoring");         public void init ()     {         setBackground (Color.lightGray);                         menu.add (Box.createHorizontalStrut (50));         menu.add (Box.createVerticalStrut (100));         menu.add (variables);         menu.add (Box.createVerticalStrut (100));         menu.add (fractions);         menu.add (Box.createVerticalStrut (100));         menu.add (expanding);         menu.add (Box.createVerticalStrut (100));         menu.add (factoring);                 add (menu);     } }

I am trying to organize my buttons for a computer science summative. When I launch this code, I can't seem to get a fixed space between the top button and the top of my applet viewer. I need help to organize my buttons

[Neoco]

Forget it you guys, I solved the problem. I used Box.createRigidArea instead of Box.createHorizontalStrut