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 ...

Just got back from a deep dive into OpenJDK's bug tracker and found this gem, extrapolated a few OS versions, it suggests that it's not java's permissions that are invalid, they seem to be inherited ...