box layout DEMO

package HeadFirstJava;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Panel1 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Panel1 gui = new Panel1();
        gui.go();
    }
    public void go() {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.setBackground(Color.darkGray);
        
        panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        
        // panel's default layout manager is 'flow layout'
        // but we change it to 'box layout'
        JButton button = new JButton("shock me");
        JButton buttonTwo = new JButton("bliss");
        panel.add(button);
        panel.add(buttonTwo);
        
        
        frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.EAST, panel);
        frame.setSize(200, 200);
        frame.setVisible(true);
   }
}