Decrease size of TextField.....Help Please...

Question

Hi,I have developed a Layout(with the help of a colleague..Jim Andreau)
which has a GridLayout and some TextFields.
I need to reduce the size of the TextField.It takes the whole stretch
of the layout.
Transaction Number:[                                             ]
even though the length is 5.
Can anyone please tell me how to reduce the size to so that it looks:
Transaction Number:[   ]
Here is my code:
Box b2 = Box.createVerticalBox();
Container c = getContentPane():
public void methodName(){
JTextFieldtransaction_Tf = new JTextField(5);
transaction_Tf.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(Short.MAX_VALUE, 20));
Box transactionBox = Box.createHorizontalBox();
transactionBox.add(new JLabel(Transaction Number"));
transactionBox.add(transaction_Tf.s);
b2.add(transactionBox);
// Add b2 to the Container.
c.add(b2) ;
show();
How to reduce the size of the TextField....??

Answer 1

Box transactionBox = Box.createHorizontalBox();
transactionBox.add(new JLabel(Transaction
ion Number"));
transactionBox.add(transaction_Tf.s);
b2.add(transactionBox);
    b2.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());...
The horizontal glue will expand to fill whatever extra space is left over after the text field.