public class Q20 extends Applet
{
Button okButton = new Button("Ok");
public void init() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add("South", okButton);
add("North", okButton);
add("East", okButton);
add("West", okButton);
add("Center", okButton);

}
}

please tell me as to why the above applet behaves the way it does. I expect it to display five buttons positioned in five respective places. But only the 'Center' button is being displayed.

That translates to

add(okButton, "North")

although I prefer

add(okButton, BorderLayout.NORTH)

code:

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import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
public class mframe extends Frame{
Button bn,bs,be,bw,bc;
public mframe(){
	 super("maha");
	 Button bn = new Button("North");
	 Button bs = new Button("South");
	 Button be = new Button("East");
	 Button bw = new Button("West");
	 Button bc = new Button("Center");
/*
	setLayout(new FlowLayout());
	add(bn);
  	add(bn);
  	add(bn);
  	add(bn);
 	add(bn);
*/
 try{
	 	add("North",bn);// If we comment out this line be 
                                // & bw resize vertically ok.
	 	setSize(300,300);
	 	setVisible(true);
	 	System.out.println("Added West and sleepling");
	 	Thread.sleep(2000);
	 	add("East",be);
	 	setSize(300,300);
	 	setVisible(true);
	 	System.out.println("Added East and sleepling");
	 	Thread.sleep(2000);
	 	add("South",bn);
	 	setSize(300,300);
	 	setVisible(true);
	 	System.out.println("Added South and sleepling");
	 	Thread.sleep(2000);
	 	add("West",bw);
	 	setSize(300,300);
	 	setVisible(true);
	 	System.out.println("Added West and sleepling");
	 	Thread.sleep(2000);
 		add("Center",bc);
 		setSize(300,300);
 		setVisible(true);
 		System.out.println("Added Center and sleepling");
 		Thread.sleep(2000);
	}catch(InterruptedException e) {}
 }
 public static void main(String args[]){
		new mframe();
 }
 }

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[I split one overlong line in the code - Jim]