Javax Swing wont show all components

Question

this is a small java program im working on for fun.
My issue is, the components in the SearchTab Class will not show! In initFrame(), i have a JTabbedPlane, which shows only when i comment out a lot of components in the SearchTab Class, but will not show when I un-comment a few components from the the SearchTab class.

what am i doing wrong? I dont know any other simplier way to ask this, sorry if i am unclear on the question.

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;


public class View{

    public static JFrame        mainFrame;
    public static JTabbedPane   tabs;

    public static void initFrame(){
        mainFrame = new JFrame("Address Book Proggie");
        mainFrame.setSize(600,300);
        mainFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        mainFrame.setVisible(true);

        tabs = new JTabbedPane();
        tabs.addTab("Search", new SearchTab());
        tabs.addTab("Insert", new InsertTab("This is the insert tab!"));
        tabs.addTab("Delete", new DeleteTab("This is the tab used to delete items from the database"));
        mainFrame.add(tabs);

    }

//  public static void main(String args[]){
//      initFrame();
//  }
}

class DeleteTab extends JPanel{
    public DeleteTab(String str){
        JLabel deleteLabel = new JLabel(str);
        add(deleteLabel);
    }
}


class InsertTab extends JPanel{
    public InsertTab(String str){
        JLabel insertLabel = new JLabel(str);
        add(insertLabel);
    }
}


class SearchTab extends JPanel{
    public SearchTab(){
        //give this panel a border)
        this.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(10,10,10,10, Color.BLUE));

        //set the group layout
        GroupLayout gl = new GroupLayout(this);
        this.setLayout(gl);
        gl.setAutoCreateGaps(true);

        //create labels..       
        JLabel searchLabel = new JLabel("Search by...");
        JLabel nameLabel = new JLabel("Name: ");
        JLabel addressLabel = new JLabel("Address: ");
        JLabel phoneLabel = new JLabel("Phone Number: ");

        //create text fields...
        JTextField nameField = new JTextField(20);
        JTextField addressField = new JTextField(20);
        JTextField phoneField = new JTextField(20);


        gl.setHorizontalGroup(gl.createSequentialGroup()
            .addGroup(gl.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                .addComponent(searchLabel))
            .addGroup(gl.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                .addComponent(nameLabel)
                .addComponent(addressLabel)
                .addComponent(phoneLabel))      

);

        gl.setVerticalGroup(gl.createSequentialGroup()
            .addGroup(gl.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                .addComponent(searchLabel))
            .addGroup(gl.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                .addComponent(nameLabel)
                .addComponent(nameField))
            .addGroup(gl.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                .addComponent(addressLabel)
                .addComponent(addressField))
            .addGroup(gl.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                .addComponent(phoneLabel)
                .addComponent(phoneField))

);
System.out.println("Hello there");      



    }
}