javaswingjpanelsetbounds

JLabel not showing in inner JPanel


Why does my Inner JPanel not display my JLabel text?

I have an outer JPanel, and an inner JPanel to display some text with the right dimensions. However I don't understand why it won't show?

JPanel jp = new JPanel();
jp.setBackground(Color.decode("#ffffff"));
jp.setBounds(0, 35, 400, 315);

JPanel mostInner = new JPanel();
mostInner.setForeground(Color.black);
mostInner.setBounds(207, 5, 190, 240);
jp.add(mostInner);

JLabel jltxt = new JLabel();
jltxt.setText("Test");

mostInner.add(jltxt);

Solution

  • When I created a small program, it seemed to work fine:

    Screenshot of example without issues

    import java.awt.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
    
    public class LabelNotVisible {
        public static void main(String[] arguments) {
            SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> new LabelNotVisible().createAndShowGui());
        }
    
        private void createAndShowGui() {
            JFrame frame = new JFrame("Stack Overflow");
            frame.setBounds(100, 100, 800, 200);
            frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    
            JPanel jp = new JPanel();
            jp.setBackground(Color.decode("#ffffff"));
            //jp.setBounds(0, 35, 400, 315);
    
            JPanel mostInner = new JPanel();
            mostInner.setForeground(Color.black);
            //mostInner.setBounds(207, 5, 190, 240);
            jp.add(mostInner);
    
            JLabel jltxt = new JLabel();
            jltxt.setText("Test");
    
            mostInner.add(jltxt);
    
            frame.getContentPane().add(jp);
            frame.setVisible(true);
        }
    }