Layout « JLabel « Java Swing Q&A

1. SWT layout problem - padding for labels possible? stackoverflow.com

I am using GridLayout in my SWT GUI app. I have the following GridData defined for each grid cell. The grid cell itself is just a label.

    GridData ...

2. How to locate JLabels to an absolute position on Java GUI stackoverflow.com

I have many JLabels (which includes ImageIcons) in a JPanel. And this JPanel is only a panel on the GUI; there are lots of other panels. I want to place labels to the ...

3. How to make JLabels start on the next line stackoverflow.com

JPanel pMeasure = new JPanel();
....
JLabel economy = new JLabel("Economy");
JLabel regularity = new JLabel("Regularity");
pMeasure.add(economy);
pMeasure.add(regularity);
...

When I run the code above I get this output:

Economy Regularity

How can I get this output, where each JLabel ...

4. only JLabel not showing up stackoverflow.com

I am writting a simple application which has a button that opens a new window then display a simple GUI/Text to acccept inputs from a user. but for some reason, ...

5. JLabel which hides text after reaching certain length or number of values stackoverflow.com

The purpose of the JLabel is to show who a message is to, like in a mail client e.g. To: John, Mary, Peter, Frank, Tom, Harry I will have the names in a ...

6. why doesnt setLocation() move my label stackoverflow.com

I have the following code where I try to place a JLabel in a custom location on a JFrame.

public class GUI extends JFrame 
{

    /**
    ...

7. Trying to wrap JLabels to JPanel inside JScrollPane stackoverflow.com

EDIT: As in the example (now written by me) what I'm trying to achieve is packing JLabel (+JTextFields, not in the example) into JPanel with FlowLayout and sorting these panels with ...

8. Making text in a jlabel dynamically resize stackoverflow.com

so i have an array of jlabels and the user can add a new label in a set size of frame and i just want to make the size of the ...

9. Add JTabbedPane with buttons, labels ... in a frame with an absolute layout stackoverflow.com

I have a code in java.

package interfaces;

 import javax.swing.JPanel;

 public class TabbedPaneDemo extends JPanel {
public TabbedPaneDemo() {
    JTabbedPane pane = new JTabbedPane();

    JPanel dashboardPanel = ...

10. I want to add a JLabel and Text box dynamically by clicking add button stackoverflow.com

When i create the text and label box dynamically it should sit in the format of "Textbox: Labelbox" then when i click on add ...

11. Java align JLabel in center of JPanel stackoverflow.com

I have a bar at the top of my application that has a number of buttons either side of a JLabel. The button's visibility is dependent upon the current task a ...

12. Netbeans JLabel anchor overpowers my layout managers stackoverflow.com

I know this has been asked alot and in various ways, and I have tried them, but with no success. i am using netbeans and swing to create my GUI. i ...

13. JLabel horizontal positioning not working as expected stackoverflow.com

Here's a JFrame which I intended to show with a series of JLabels with the following properties:

stacked vertically
centered horizontally
green border
white background
blue text

But I get this instead: enter image description here

The ...

14. JLabel.setVisible(false) make other components' position change stackoverflow.com

I meet a relayout problem that is in my swing application I add four components (two JLabels, one JTextField and one table, each occupies one row) to a panel by using ...

15. Spacing Labels and Buttons in Java stackoverflow.com

I'm still brushing up on the old Java GUI and ran into sort of a stump. It's just that the whole GUI thing is still fresh and I've only used FlowLayout() ...

16. Swing Jlabel not showing stackoverflow.com

I have a GUI im building to illustrate a tree. The JPanel that I extended isnt showing the JLabel that I created when I constructed the JPanel. Here is my JPanel ...

17. Center two JLabels beneath each other, vertically stackoverflow.com

I've got to create two JLabels, and the should been positioned center and right under each other in the JFrame. I've beeing using the gridbaglayout from swing, but I can't figure ...

18. Why does part of my RichJLabel text look covered/hidden? stackoverflow.com

I've been reading the Swing Hacks book and have used some of their code for the RichJLabel part. I understand what the code does, but not why some of the word ...

19. Centering a JLabel on a JPanel stackoverflow.com

I'm using the NetBeans GUI builder to handle my layout (I'm terrible with LayoutManagers) and am trying to place a simple JLabel so that it is always centered (horizontally) inside its ...

20. Getting the X and Y position of the mouse when it is clicked on the image in JLabel stackoverflow.com

I have a Image displayed inside JLabel using ImageIcon feature. The JLabel is contained inside a JPanel. When image is clicked, I want to get the mouse position relative to the image. I ...

21. JLabel into GridBagLayout. How to fix the width? stackoverflow.com

I have a very simple JLabel with a quite long text.
The parent layout is a GridBagLayout.
I want the width of the containing Frame not to exceed a certain value, say ...

22. Automatic Layout cuts off labels - Modified headfirst beatbox coderanch.com

I hope this question is in the right forum. Apologies if it too easy I am working through the headfirst java book. It is my first experience with programming since I made a role-playing game on my ti-82. In order to learn more, I have tried to tweak and extend all the code examples in the book. Same goes for BeatBox. ...