Using box layout?

Question

Hello,
I wondered if anyone could advise? In this code I was trying to display a column of buttons each the same size. And next to these buttons, a single button, and textfield.
Something like:
Button 1
Button 2
Button 3 "some space" SearchButton ////Text field ///
Button 4
Button 5
But when the textfield is displays it becomes the height of the 5 buttons, but the searchbutton did not. Is there any method to change the textfield to the height of the searchButton? Or could anyone possibly demonstrate a different layout manager?
Thank you
JButton button1, button2, button3, button4, button5;
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0,1));
panel.add(button1 = new JButton("Button 1"));
castleGreen.addActionListener(this);
panel.add(button2 = new JButton("Button 2"));
runTown.addActionListener(this);
panel.add(button3 = new JButton("Button 3"));
highHill.addActionListener(this);
panel.add(button4 = new JButton("Button 4"));
luckNow.addActionListener(this);
panel.add(button5 = new JButton("Button 5"));
littleHaven.addActionListener(this);
Box leftCol = Box.createVerticalBox();
leftCol.add(panel);
Box rightCol = Box.createHorizontalBox();
rightCol.add(searchBt = new JButton("Search"));
searchBt.addActionListener(this);
rightCol.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
rightCol.add(searchTf = new JTextField(20));
Box topDisplay = Box.createHorizontalBox();
topDisplay.add(leftCol);
topDisplay.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(40));
topDisplay.add(rightCol);

Answer 1

Thank you for replying.
In my version of the code the name shown on the left
buttons are all differenet sizes. When I built these
into a vertical box, the buttons were displayed
uneven. I resolve this by using a panel.By default the system sizes buttons according to the ammount of text in them.
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I wondered to achieve this layout, would be easier to
use a gridbaglayout?Personally I've gone right off GridBagLayout. It's complicated to use and seems unstable in resizing.
I've got much more reliable results from BoxLayout.