Hi! It is shown on https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/spring.html#alternatives that layout.putConstraint( SpringLayout.WEST, label, 5, SpringLayout.WEST, contentPane); is equivalent to SpringLayout.Constraints contentPaneCons = layout.getConstraints(contentPane); contentPaneCons.setX( Spring.sum( Spring.constant(5), contentPaneCons.getConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST) )); IMO, setting the X of a container from within the container will have no effect because the one who will set the container's X will be the layout manager of its parent container. Therefore, I think the correct one is: SpringLayout.Constraints labelCons = layout.getConstraints(label); labelCons.setX( Spring.sum( Spring.constant(5), labelCons.getConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST) )); What do you guys think? Thank you. -- Best regards, Eus