Hello.
I'm using BoxLayout and I can't get components to show as I want. I
create components, do setBounds on them, make everything visible and it
dosen't work! It only works if I set bounds after I show them (make them
visible).. why? Of course I want to set where the components will be
displayed first and then display them, not display them and then move
them around... help? Below is example of the problem.

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import java.awt.Dimension;
import javax.swing.*;

public class TFrame extends JFrame {
    JTextField tf1 = new JTextField("Test 1");
   
    public TFrame() {
        super("TEST");
    setLayout(new BoxLayout(getContentPane(), BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    tf1.setBounds(50,50,200,75); // dosen't work
    tf1.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(200,75));
    add(tf1);
    setBounds(0,0,400,200);
    setVisible(true);
//    tf1.setBounds(175,50,200,75); // this works
    }
   
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    new TFrame();
        System.out.println("Tnx a lot comp.lang.java.gui! :)");
    }

} // end of class
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