How to get X and Y index of element inside GridLayout?

Question

I am studying a java tutorial and saw that the way to find the x/y indexes of a JButton inside a GridLayout is to traverse a bidimensional array of buttons b which is associ

Answer 1

You have saved an array of all JButtons; you could search for ae.getSource() and you have the position.

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
  for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
    if( b[i][j] == ae.getSource() ) { 
      // position i,j
    }
  }
}