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The more API support for layouts in Swing the better.

Baseline Layout
In many of the past Swing team brainstorming sessions we've lamented the layout process. Layout managers are a necessary evil of cross platform layout and resolution independence in that they allow components to adjust in size and position based on external criteria. Unfortunately the existing layout managers are not the easiest thing to use and force the developer to write code that can be difficult to read for a process that should be visual...One area that we have been actively working on in Mustang is the ability to get the baseline for various components. This doesn't help developers laying out components, rather it's meant for those writing layout managers. Aligning components along their baseline makes for more polished apps. For example, if you have a label next to a button you do not want them top aligned or bottom aligned, rather you want them aligned on the baseline of the text...