How can I align all elements to the left in JPanel?

Question

I would like to have all elements in my JPanel to be aligned to the left. I try to do it in the following way:

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(n         


        

Answer 1

You should use setAlignmentX(..) on components you want to align, not on the container that has them..

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
panel.add(c1);
panel.add(c2);

c1.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
c2.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);