Size « JLabel « Java Swing Q&A

1. Can you set a permanent size for a JPanel inside of a JFrame? stackoverflow.com

My current problem is that I have a JFrame with a 2x2 GridLayout. And inside one of the squares, I have a JPanel that is to display a grid. I am ...

2. Set size of a JLabel inside JToolbar stackoverflow.com

i have some troubles setting the size of a JLabel component inserted into a JToolbar. I use the JLabel to display actual mouse coordinates, but depending on the lenght of the ...

3. Text-wrapping JLabels with no preferred/max/min size stackoverflow.com

I'm using JLabels as hyperlinks. I want them to look and function exactly like a link in a browser, so using text panes/editor panes etc is not desirable. The problem is ...

4. JLabels in JPanels sizing question stackoverflow.com

I am currently writing a Java application to display a list of ideas from a database. Each Idea has a title and a number which i would like to display in ...

5. Java Swing - JLabel width changed when icon or text added? stackoverflow.com

Same Question, different context It seems I was too hasty in my accepting before, since the problem is still there. The problem? JLabel takes the liberty of expanding its parent panel ...

6. I want a JLabel with a new getMinimumSize() stackoverflow.com

I want getMinimumSize to return weight=0 to cheat GridBagLayout.ipadx I have tried:

  public class ImprovedLabel extends JLabel {
      @Override 
      public ...

7. JLabel center drawString() text for varying size(s) stackoverflow.com

My code for custom button is:

public class GreyButton extends JLabel {

    private int     ButtonWidth,
           ...

8. JDialog and JPanel do not open to their set sizes and do not show their labels? stackoverflow.com

In my Netbeans code I have JPanels and JDialog which are driving me crazy at times. Some of the controllers on these containers decide not to show up or automatically ...

9. find out if text of JLabel exceeds label size stackoverflow.com

In java when the text of the JLabel could not be displayed due to lack of space the text is truncated and "..." is added in the end. How can I easily ...

10. JLabel size coderanch.com

11. BorderLayout JLabel size problem coderanch.com

Hi JOhn, Just so we understand the same thing here. Your layout: list | icon This means that you have nothing in the center. The way a BorderLayout works is: Fit North component by asking about height and stretching width. Fit South component by asking about height and stretching width. Fit West component by asking about width and stretching height. Fit ...

12. JLabel size coderanch.com

Hi. I have created 4 JLabels, and I want them to remain the same size when they are initialized and when data is put into them. My Labels start out with no text. I have tried both setPreferredSize() and setSize() to get the Labels to the size I want, but it doesn't work. When I put a long empty string in ...

13. setting icon size in JLabel coderanch.com

14. How To Change Label Text Size?? coderanch.com

15. Size of JLabel coderanch.com

16. SWT: How to set size of a Label? coderanch.com

17. Set the label size coderanch.com

Hi, Is tehre anyway to force the size of the label? I have set my window size as below: Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(); xSize = ((int) tk.getScreenSize().getWidth()); ySize = ((int) tk.getScreenSize().getHeight()); setSize(xSize-50,ySize-50); I have a panel(Flowlayout) which is added inside the scrollpane. Inorder to wrap my components, myPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(myPanel.getSize().width+100, 1000)); I am adding labels into this panel and in order to ...

18. programatically size JFrame after data in JLabel changes coderanch.com

thanks Rob I was about to post new thread while I got this.. I am trying a quiz application with swings, so while showing the question, I wanted to display the question through a Label. (I specifically wanted Label because I am using JDesktopPane with Nimbus background and I like to show it off.. so if i use textarea or textpane, ...

19. Java GUI : JLabel size problem coderanch.com

20. Get size of Text in a JLabel coderanch.com

Hi I am attempting to produce a GUI representation of a tree data structure, with layers varying between round and square nodes. Im producing my own components for this however im having trouble sizing them. Within the components I'm passing in a JLabel that I can use to get the text from to paint, I was also planning on using the ...

21. dynamic size of label coderanch.com

Yes, of course it is. You can add Listeners to your top-level container which show their size, and alter the display accordingly. You can add listeners to the text on a label and alter its size depending on the text. You will probably end up with a dreadful GUI . . . but you can do it.

22. I can't make JLabel do what I want (size-wise) java-forums.org

I've tried a variety of different layout managers. Here's the idea. I want my JLabel to have a fixed maximum horizontal width and a variable height (depending on the textual content). The text of the JLabel changes in response to user action, and it can theoretically be huge, but in practice probably 1 or 2 lines.