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));

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Answer 1

JPanel panel = new JPanel();

Box box = Box.createVerticalBox();

JTextField tf = new JTextField(8);

box.add(tf);
panel.add(box);

frame.getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);