How can I set a gap in a JTextField, before the active Textfield starts?

Question

Hi,
how can I set a gap in a JTextField, before the active Textfield starts?
I'll avoid, that the input text starts immediately after the border of the JTextField.
Btw, how can I set the height of the JTextField in a BoxLayout?
Thx.
Hans

Answer 1

Yes, that was also my thinking, but nothing happens.
Maybe You have an idea :-)
Thx, Hans
Here a part of my code:
  private JPanel createEntry(String label, JTextField jtf, String initJtf, boolean editable) {
    jtf.setColumns(15);
    if (editable) {
      jtf.setEditable(true);
      jtf.setBackground(new Color(191, 191, 255));
    else {
      jtf.setEditable(false);
      jtf.setBackground(SystemColor.control);
    jtf.setText(initJtf);
    jtf.setForeground(Color.black);
    jtf.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
    jtf.setMargin(new Insets(50, 20, 50, 40));   // <-  The PROBLEM
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    GridLayout gl = new GridLayout(1, 2);
    gl.setHgap(1);
    panel.setLayout(gl);
    panel.add(BxpCdmUtils.Utils.createLabel(label, Color.darkGray, Font.BOLD, 11));
    panel.add(jtf);
    JPanel superpanel = new JPanel();
    superpanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(superpanel, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
    superpanel.add(panel);
    superpanel.add(new JLabel(" "));
    return superpanel;
  }