..how difficult can this really be.

I'm having so much trouble placing my components on my "frame" that it is making my head. I don't understand all the different layouts, and I heard GridBagLayout is the better one to use. Using GridBag, I can't put a component to the top, others near the middle of the frame, and my button on the bottom right. The coordinate system is just not working the way I want.

Is there another layout where I can say "put this button at x=780, y=800" while I have the bulk of my components near a x=400, y=300 coordinate area?

I think I need some basic help, or some helpful examples, or something... I would like to do this without a visual editor plugin, but I didn't except all this trouble I'm having.

Can you help/suggest anything?