How to reduce space between JCheckboxes in GridLayout

Question

I have three Java JCheckboxes in a column, arranged by setting the layout of the container JPanel to GridLayout(3, 1, 1, 1). When I r

Answer 1

Does it help if you set the checkbox's border?

JCheckBox checkBox = new JCheckBox();
checkBox.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());

It may also be due to the Look & Feel's UI delegate's rendering. You typically have little control over this.