java - JFrames painting over eachother -

i'm working jframes in java make gui. i'm having problem 2 jframes painting on eachother though.

public vidberggui() throws classnotfoundexception, instantiationexception, illegalaccessexception, unsupportedlookandfeelexception {     super("automatic output verifier");     uimanager.setlookandfeel(uimanager.getsystemlookandfeelclassname());     setbounds(100, 100, 600, 400);     setdefaultcloseoperation(jframe.exit_on_close);     container con = this.getcontentpane();     con.add(titlepane);      titlepane.setlayout(new boxlayout(titlepane, boxlayout.page_axis));     componentpane.setlayout(new boxlayout(componentpane, boxlayout.line_axis));      programsloaded = new jtable(data, columnnames) {         @override         public boolean iscelleditable(int row, int col) {             if (col == 3) return false;             return true;         }     };     programsloaded.getcolumnmodel().getcolumn(2).setcelleditor(new filechoosereditor());      tableholder = new jscrollpane(programsloaded);      titlelabel.setfont(new font("ariel", font.bold, 28));      addbutton.setsize(40, 40);     removebutton.setsize(40, 40);      titlepane.add(titlelabel, borderlayout.page_start);     con.add(componentpane);     componentpane.add(tableholder, borderlayout.line_end);     componentpane.add(addbutton, borderlayout.east);     componentpane.add(removebutton, borderlayout.east);     setvisible(true); // make frame visible } 

with setup, componentpane visible. if comment out con.add(componentpane), titlepane visible. there way can assign sort of layout 2 frames stack vertically?

you understand borderlayout can layout single component in each of it's 5 available slots? not...

create third jpanel , add titlepane , componentpane , add center position of borderlayout

you use gridlayout or gridbaglayout panel...

jpanel centerpane = new jpanel(new gridlayout(2, 1)); centerpane.add(titlepane); centerpane.add(componentpane); con.add(centerpane); 

or add titlepane north position...

con.add(titlepane, borderlayout.north);