So, I'm a total newbie when it comes to Java, having to learn it on the fly here at my job.The short form of my problem is that I'm trying to force a JPanel using a FlowLayout to restrict its size ...

While GridBagLayout proves a much more powerful standard Java layout manager, ... In one example, ... in most cases, margins should be left at the default (0, 0, 0, 0). Borders always enhance the ...