Swing help needed...

[Jodo Yodo]

code:

JPanel northPanel = new JPanel ();         JPanel ratingPanel = new JPanel ();         northPanel.setLayout (new BorderLayout ());         northPanel.add ("North", movieBox);         ratingPanel.setLayout (new BorderLayout ());         ratingPanel.add ("East", currentRating);         getContentPane ().add (northPanel);         getContentPane ().add (ratingPanel);         pack ();         setVisible (true);

For some reason, it will display the panel 'ratingPanel', but never the panel 'northPanel'. When I use delete all the lines that are about 'ratingPanel', 'northPanel' shows up just fine. Why won't they both show up?

[rizzix]

never use "strings" literals for that kind of stuff. always use the Class provided constants.

In this case for "North" it would be BorderLayout.NORTH