Why will BoxLayout not allow me to change the width of a JButton but let me change the height?

Question

I\'m trying to get the Layout of a JDialog of mine to fit a particular look that a program in which I\'m porting to Java has, I\'ve used several LayoutManagers

Answer 1

Usually if want to ensure a size of the component in Swing you need to call setMinimumSize(), setMaximumSize(), and SetPrefferedSize() with the same value.