JPanel won't display in BoxLayout when adding components in different order

For some reason when I run this code, the topPanel (made up of two panels which are all JLabels, JButtons, and JTextFields) does not display on the screen, but the investmentPanel (JTable within a JScrollPane) does. But when I add them in the reverse order, they both show up, but not in the order I want them to. The JPanel I am adding to is maximized so that shouldn't be an issue. Any thoughts of why this is happening?
this.setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
JPanel topPanel = new JPanel();
topPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(topPanel, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
topPanel.add(companyInfoPanel);
topPanel.add(tradePanel);
add(topPanel);
add(investmentPanel);

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 messagePanel.setBorder (new CompoundBorder (
 new EmptyBorder (50, 50, 50, 50),
 new OvalBorder (20, 20, Color.white)));
 messagePanel.setBackground (Color.black);
 createButtonPanel ();
 createMsgPanel ((Message) missionData.messages.elementAt (0));
 mainPanel.add (messagePanel);
 mainPanel.add (Box.createVerticalStrut (20));
 mainPanel.add (buttonPanel);
 Container mainContentPane = getContentPane();
 mainContentPane.add (mainPanel);
 private void createMsgPanel (Message msg)
 MessageType msgType = null;
 if (msg.getFunctionalAreaDesignator(0) == Message.GENERAL_INFO)
 if (msg.getMessageNumber(0) == 1)
 msgType = FREE_TEXT;
 else if (msg.getFunctionalAreaDesignator(0) == Message.SUPPORT)
 if (msg.getMessageNumber(0) == 33)
 msgType = CAS;
 else if (msg.getMessageNumber(0) == 34)
 msgType = OSR;
 // Setup NORTH Panel of Display
 JPanel northPanel = new JPanel (new GridLayout (2, 6));
 northPanel.setBackground (Color.black);
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>RECV</html>", false));
 if (msgType == CAS)
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>PCLR</html>", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>MSN</html>", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>SAVE</html>", false));
 else if (msgType == OSR)
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 else if (msgType == FREE_TEXT)
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>ERASE</html>", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>BRDCST</html>", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>SEND</html>", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 if (msgType == CAS)
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>CAS</html>", false));
 else if (msgType == OSR)
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>OSR</html>", false));
 else if (msgType == FREE_TEXT)
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>FTXT</html>", false));
 if (msgType == FREE_TEXT)
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 else
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>CAS</html>", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 northPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 messagePanel.add (northPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 // Setup EAST Box of Display
 Box eastBox = new Box (BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
 if (msgType == CAS)
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 eastBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>F T X T</html>", false));
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 eastBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>O S R</html>", false));
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 eastBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>D P I P</html>", false));
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 else if (msgType == FREE_TEXT)
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 eastBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 eastBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 eastBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 eastBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 eastBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>W L C O</html>", false));
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 eastBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>C N T C O</html>",
 false));
 eastBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 messagePanel.add (eastBox, BorderLayout.EAST);
 // Setup SOUTH Panel of Display
 JPanel southPanel = new JPanel (new GridLayout (2, 5));
 southPanel.setBackground (Color.black);
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>ON</html>", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 if (msgType == CAS)
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>USE</html>", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>RCALL</html>", false));
 else if ((msgType == OSR) || (msgType == FREE_TEXT))
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>MENU</html>", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>VMF</html>", false));
 if (msgType == CAS)
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>NETS</html>", false));
 else if ((msgType == OSR) || (msgType == FREE_TEXT))
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>CAS</html>", false));
 southPanel.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 messagePanel.add (southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 // Setup WEST Box of Display
 JTIMLabel incrLabel = null;
 JTIMLabel decrLabel = null;
 Box westBox = new Box (BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
 if (msgType == FREE_TEXT)
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 westBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 westBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 westBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("", false));
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 westBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>N E X T</html>", false));
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 westBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>P R E V</html>", false));
 else
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 westBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>U F C</html>", false));
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 if (msgType == CAS)
 westBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>/\\</html>", false));
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 westBox.add (new JTIMLabel ("<html>\\/</html>", false));
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 incrLabel = new JTIMLabel ("<html>I N C R</html>", false);
 westBox.add (incrLabel);
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 decrLabel = new JTIMLabel ("<html>D E C R</html>", false);
 westBox.add (decrLabel);
 westBox.add (Box.createGlue());
 messagePanel.add (westBox, BorderLayout.WEST);
 // Create CENTER Box to display message bodies
 GriddedPanel centerBox = new GriddedPanel ();
 centerBox.setBackground (Color.black);
 messagePanel.add (centerBox, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 if (msgType == CAS)
 new CASDisplay (msg, centerBox, incrLabel, decrLabel);
 else if (msgType == OSR)
 new OSRDisplay (msg, centerBox);
 else if (msgType == FREE_TEXT)
 new FreeTextDisplay (msg, centerBox);
 private void createButtonPanel ()
 // build the button panel
 buttonPanel = new JPanel ();
 buttonPanel.setLayout (new BoxLayout (buttonPanel, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
 buttonPanel.setBorder (new LineBorder (Color.BLACK));
 // Create and add the buttons
 buttonPanel.add (createButton ("FIRST_BUTTON"));
 buttonPanel.add (createButton ("PREV_BUTTON"));
 buttonPanel.add (createButton ("NEXT_BUTTON"));
 buttonPanel.add (createButton ("LAST_BUTTON"));
 private JButton createButton (String buttonName)
 JButton button = new JButton ();
 button.addActionListener (this);
 button.setActionCommand (buttonName);
 Image image = null;
 String tooltip = "Press to go to the ";
 if (buttonName.equals ("FIRST_BUTTON"))
 image = new ImageIcon ("firstArrowIcon.gif").getImage();
 tooltip += "First";
 else if (buttonName.equals ("PREV_BUTTON"))
 image = new ImageIcon ("previousArrowIcon.gif").getImage();
 tooltip += "Previous";
 else if (buttonName.equals ("NEXT_BUTTON"))
 image = new ImageIcon ("nextArrowIcon.gif").getImage();
 tooltip += "Next";
 else if (buttonName.equals ("LAST_BUTTON"))
 image = new ImageIcon ("lastArrowIcon.gif").getImage();
 tooltip += "Last";
 tooltip += " message in the lst";
 button.setToolTipText (tooltip);
 button.setIcon (new ImageIcon (image.getScaledInstance (36, 36, Image.SCALE_FAST)));
 return button;
 public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e)
 if (e.getActionCommand ().equals ("FIRST_BUTTON"))
 index = 0;
 else if (e.getActionCommand ().equals ("PREV_BUTTON"))
 if (index > 0)
 index--;
 else if (e.getActionCommand ().equals ("NEXT_BUTTON"))
 if (index < numMsgs - 1)
 index++;
 else if (e.getActionCommand ().equals ("LAST_BUTTON"))
 index = numMsgs - 1;
 titledBorder.setTitle ("Message " + String.valueOf (index + 1) +
 " of " + String.valueOf (numMsgs));
 createMsgPanel ((Message) missionData.messages.elementAt (index));
 private static class MessageType
 extends EnumeratedType
 implements Serializable
 final static long serialVersionUID = 1;
 protected MessageType (int value, String desc)
 super (value, desc);
 private static MessageType FREE_TEXT =
 new MessageType (0, "Free Text");
 private static MessageType CAS =
 new MessageType (1, "Call Accounting System");
 private static MessageType OSR =
 new MessageType (2, "Occupational Survey Report");
}

That's all well and good, but I've had more times that not where
people want the entire program, not bits and pieces.Then you missed the whole point of that link.
We don't want to see bits and pieces of code. We want to see an executable program, but we want an executable program the demonstrates the incorrect behaviour without all the unnecessary code. 90% of the code you posted was not related to your problem. That is we what you do to some basic debugging and remove the parts of code that are not related to the problem so we can concentrate on the code that is related to the problem.

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