Java Swing Interface Quirk

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Ok, so I’m writing a program with a GUI for the first time… but I’m kind of a perfectionist so this is bugging me:


	Frame root = new JFrame();
	
	JPanel input_screen;
	JPanel wait_screen;
	JPanel result_screen;
	
	JTextArea input;
	JTextArea solution_box;
	JScrollPane scroll;

...

		input_screen = new JPanel();
		
		// Create the screen where they enter the puzzle
		Box box = Box.createVerticalBox();
		
		JLabel puzzleText = new JLabel("Puzzle:");
		box.add(puzzleText);
		
		input = new JTextArea(5, 5);
		box.add(input);
		
		JButton solve = new JButton("Solve");
		solve.setActionCommand("submit");
		box.add(solve);
		
		solve.addActionListener(this);
		
		input_screen.add(box);

The problem is that when I type in the JTextArea, the JLabel and JButton above and below it move with the text. How can I set them to be in fixed positions? I tried containing the JTextArea in its own JPanel… but it didn’t fix it.