Figure 1

Creating four buttons using the Border Layout Class

  public static final String NORTH = "North";
  public static final String SOUTH = "South";
  public static final String EAST = "East";
  public static final String WEST = "West";

  public void init() {
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        Button no = new Button(NORTH);
        Button ea = new Button(EAST);
        Button we = new Button(WEST);
        Button so = new Button(SOUTH);
        add(NORTH, no);
        add(SOUTH, so);
        add(EAST, ea);
        add(WEST, we);
        show();
  }