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Combine 2 columns on 1 row using gridLayoutmanager in intellij

I'm trying to develop an application to sort photos, based on the tinder principle.
The picture below is a screenshot of my current GUI, I want to combine the 2 middle columns on the first row so that the label for the photo to be placed in is nicely in the center.
This GUI has been developed in intellij using the gridlayoutmanager. Could someone happen to help me solve this problem?
Kind regards
Current GUI:

This GUI has been developed in intellij
Don't use the IDE to generate your GUI code. Write the code yourself so you are in full control
using the gridlayoutmanager
You are never forced to use a single layout manager. You can create multiple panels each using a different layout manager to achieve your desired layout.
I want to combine the 2 middle columns on the first row
Create a panel. Add the "Dislike" and "Like" buttons to the panel. Add the panel to the parent panel.

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To me this looks like a GridPane Layout, not a TableView.

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Instead, I have only one component (separate table) and it will be manipulated with the tab sheet actions. For now, I have assigned hidden labels to tabs.
Is there a better way to do this?

If anyone one ran into the same scenario, here is how I solved it.
Instead of adding hidden labels, I added labels without captions.so no need to hide them, because they have nothing to show. :).
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Here is the screenshot of the app.
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There will be alphabet headers and rows containing information.
Each row can be clicked to open a new window.
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For your case (Form kinda layout) , it seems that you need GridLayout.
For example, please check this link for all type of layout or directly go to Grid Layout link.

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