title: How to stick to top of container in BoxLayout
body: <p>I have a parent JPanel with a Y_AXIS layout. The children of this container are all JPanels as well.
  The components are stacking fine, and are all alligned, but i want them to stick to the top of the parent JPanel so all excess space is in the bottom, and there is no extra space between the components. I have tried using glue, but i might be doing something wrong. I have also set the AllignmentX and AllignmentY to left and top respectively on all children.</p>
  
  <p>So, what i want is a stack of children in the parent panel, that is not stretched in height, and sticks to the top (and left, if possible) of the parent container, with all excess space placed in the bottom, as such:</p>
  
  <p>EDIT:</p>
  
  <pre><code>protected void initContent(JPanel panel) {
      id = new JTextField();
      typename = new JTextField();
      currentstep = new JComboBox();
      currentowner = new JComboBox();
      organization = new JTextField();
      area = new JTextField();
      active = new JLabel();
      finished = new JLabel();
      fields = new JList();
      linkedassignments = new JList();
      jobs = new JList();
      JPanel infopanel = new JPanel();
      JPanel listpanel = new JPanel();
      infopanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(infopanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
      infopanel.add(Box.createVerticalGlue());
      infopanel.add(makeInfoContainer("Id", id, 50, 100));
      infopanel.add(makeInfoContainer("Type", typename, 50, 100));
      infopanel.add(makeInfoContainer("Organization", organization, 50, 100));
      infopanel.add(makeInfoContainer("Area", area, 50, 100));
      infopanel.add(makeInfoContainer("Active", active, 50, 100));
      infopanel.add(makeInfoContainer("Finished", finished, 50, 100));
      infopanel.add(makeInfoContainer("Step", currentstep, 50, 100));
      infopanel.add(makeInfoContainer("Owner", currentowner, 50, 100));
      listpanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,1,5,5));
      listpanel.add(makeJListContainer("Fields", fields, 200, 200));
      listpanel.add(makeJListContainer("Assignments", linkedassignments, 200, 200));
      listpanel.add(makeJListContainer("Jobs", jobs, 200, 200));
      panel.add(infopanel);
      panel.add(listpanel);
  }
  
  
  private Container makeInfoContainer(String name, Component comp, int labelwidth, int compwidth){
      JPanel cont = new JPanel();
      cont.setAlignmentY(Container.TOP_ALIGNMENT);
      cont.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT, 5, 0));
      JLabel lbl = new JLabel(name);
      lbl.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(labelwidth, 25));
      cont.add(lbl);
      comp.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(compwidth, 25));
      cont.add(comp);
      return cont;
  }
  
  private Container makeJListContainer(String name, JList list, int areawidth, int areaheight){
      Box cont = new Box(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
      cont.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(areawidth, areaheight));
      JLabel label = new JLabel(name);
      cont.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());
      cont.add(label);
      JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane();
      pane.setAlignmentY(Component.TOP_ALIGNMENT);
      pane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
      pane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
      pane.add(jobs);
      cont.add(pane);
      return cont;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/U8p4H.png" alt="Window resulting from code">    </p>