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Java swing: Multiline labels?

Answer 1

+1 A:

JLabel can accept html code. Maybe you can try to use the "< b r >" tag.

Example: JLabel myLabel = new JLabel(); myLabel.setText(" This is a < b r > multi-line string ");

I don't have the JDK with me right now, So I am not 100% confirm with the solution, but you can give it a shot.

p.s. Please remove the whitespace between the < and b and r and > when you try.

KWAN TOH CHOONG 2010-01-28 06:44:24

Answer 2

+7 A:

You can use HTML in JLabels. To use it, your text has to start with <html>.

Set your text to "<html>This is<br>a multi-line string" and it should work.

See Swing Tutorial: JLabel and Multiline label (HTML) for more information.

Peter Lang 2010-01-28 06:46:40

Answer 3

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http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/html.html

slavamk 2010-01-28 08:36:46

Answer 4

+1 A:

The direct procedure of writing a multi-line text in a jlabel is:

JLabel label = new JLabel("<html>First Line<br>Second Line</html>");

Marco Schmid 2010-01-28 08:38:21

Answer 5

A:

Another easy way (but changes the text style a bit) is to use a <pre></pre> html block.

This will persist any formatting the user entered if the string you are using came from a user input box.

Example:

JLabel label = new JLabel("<html><pre>First Line\nSecond Line</pre></html>");

Austyn Mahoney 2010-09-25 02:00:51

Answer 6

A:

The problem with using html in JLabel or any Swing component is that you then have to style it as html, not with the usual setFont, setForeground, etc. If you're ok with that, fine.

Otherwise you can use something like MultilineLabel from JIDE, which extends JTextArea. It's part of their open source Commom Layer.

Geoffrey Zheng 2010-09-25 19:30:50

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