slavikn
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JLabel - automatic word-wrap
Hi.
How can I make a JLabel automatically write text on multiple lines (if it doesn't fit in a single line)?
Thanks
How can I make a JLabel automatically write text on multiple lines (if it doesn't fit in a single line)?
Thanks
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You have to use HTML
new JLabel("<html><body>hey<br
new JLabel("<html><body>hey<br
typo
new JLabel("<html><body>hey<br
new JLabel("<html><body>hey<br
html is *not* automatic ;-)
btw, another typo...
new JLabel("<html><body>hey<br
you had </hmtl>... I checked because I always do that...
Guess it's a matter of opinion CEHJ. With html , you need to change every String in the app, with your link, you need to change every JLabel in the app :) There is bo such thing as an automatic solution.
new JLabel("<html><body>hey<br
you had </hmtl>... I checked because I always do that...
Guess it's a matter of opinion CEHJ. With html , you need to change every String in the app, with your link, you need to change every JLabel in the app :) There is bo such thing as an automatic solution.
ASKER
Thanks for the quick replies. I use (need the text centered):
<html><center>Baltic Avenue</center></html>.
<html><center>Baltic Avenue</center></html>.
thanks slavikn.
>>Thanks for the quick replies. I use (need the text centered):
Where does the word wrap come in then?
Where does the word wrap come in then?
But quite apart from that, the accepted answer does *not* answer the given question (no offence i hope riaancornelius ;-)) so i'm wondering why you accepted it slavikn?
>>How can I make a JLabel automatically write text on multiple lines (if it doesn't fit in a single line)?
You can only do that with font metric calculation, which is what the component at the link i posted does. Using a JTextPane as a label will also do that (through the same mechanism)
>>How can I make a JLabel automatically write text on multiple lines (if it doesn't fit in a single line)?
You can only do that with font metric calculation, which is what the component at the link i posted does. Using a JTextPane as a label will also do that (through the same mechanism)
>> But quite apart from that, the accepted answer does *not* answer the given question (no offence i hope riaancornelius ;-)) so i'm wondering why you accepted it slavikn?
None taken. I think it does answer the question, but possibly the question wasn't clear enough. My solution will do conventional word wrapping if the text doesn't fit on a single line.
None taken. I think it does answer the question, but possibly the question wasn't clear enough. My solution will do conventional word wrapping if the text doesn't fit on a single line.
>>My solution will do conventional word wrapping if the text doesn't fit on a single line.
Yes, but it's not automatic, which was a requirement stated in the question. What's more, once you've laid it out acceptably by experimentation (which is necessary) it won't necessarily be laid out acceptably on another machine, the layout having been effectively hard-coded
Yes, but it's not automatic, which was a requirement stated in the question. What's more, once you've laid it out acceptably by experimentation (which is necessary) it won't necessarily be laid out acceptably on another machine, the layout having been effectively hard-coded
CEHJ I also think it answers the question, since with the <br/> tags you can write text on multiple lines.
>>since with the <br/> tags you can write text on multiple lines
Yes, but it's *not* automatic. You will only be able to determine the layout through experiment (see my last)
Yes, but it's *not* automatic. You will only be able to determine the layout through experiment (see my last)
Ok, technically is not a correct comment, but I think the asker wanted something different (as you can also see from his/her last comment) :)
ASKER
Sorry if my question wasn't clear. My problem was as follows: I wrote a component (java bean) that had a lot of stuff on it + a label, and the text on the label could be changed. I needed the text to be written on several lines whenever changed. <html><center>new text goes here</center></html>. did the trick.
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Swing-Components/MultiLineLabel.htm