Oversize JPanel in WindowBuilder - java

I am designing a large form with the Eclipse WindowBuilder plugin. The class extends JPanel and uses GridBagLayout as its LayoutManager.
Now my panel has become vertically larger than my screen size and I cannot make the JPanel any larger by dragging its borders.
How can I vertically extend the JPanel so it's still usabe with WindowBuilder?

Now my panel has become vertically larger than my screen size and I
cannot make the JPanel any larger by dragging its borders.
How can I vertically extend the JPanel so it's still usabe with
WindowBuilder?
put JPanel to the JScrollPane

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redraw the Jpanel every time I drag the scrollbar or click the
direction arrows.
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