How do I keep JTextFields in a Java Swing BoxLayout from expanding?

Question

I have a JPanel that looks something like this:

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

...

pane         


        

Answer 1

textField = new JTextField( ... );
textField.setMaximumSize( textField.getPreferredSize() );