Example usage for javax.swing JLabel setText

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for javax.swing JLabel setText.

Prototype

@BeanProperty(preferred = true, visualUpdate = true, description = "Defines the single line of text this component will display.")
public void setText(String text)

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Document

Defines the single line of text this component will display.

Usage

From source file:Main.java

public static void setLabelTop(JLabel label, String str, int width, int height) {
    Graphics g = label.getGraphics();
    label.setText(str);
    int strWidth = SwingUtilities.computeStringWidth(g.getFontMetrics(), str);
    int lX = width / 2 - strWidth / 2;
    int lY = g.getFont().getSize() / 2;
    //System.out.printf("\"label\"+%s X:%d,Y:%d\n",str,lX,lY);
    label.setBounds(lX, lY, strWidth, g.getFont().getSize());
}

From source file:Main.java

public static void setLabelAboveOut(JLabel label, String str, int x, int y, int width) {
    Graphics g = label.getGraphics();
    label.setText(str);
    int strWidth = SwingUtilities.computeStringWidth(g.getFontMetrics(), str);
    int lX = x + width / 2 - strWidth / 2;
    int lY = y - g.getFont().getSize();
    label.setBounds(lX, lY, strWidth, g.getFont().getSize());
}

From source file:Main.java

/**
 * Returns the preferred size for a label.
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 * @param label The label.
 * @param sampleText The sample text used to get the size.
 * @return The preferred size.
 */
public static Dimension getLabelPreferredSize(JLabel label, String sampleText) {
    String text = label.getText();
    label.setText(sampleText);
    Dimension size = label.getPreferredSize();
    label.setText(text);
    return size;
}

From source file:Main.java

/**
 * Create a HTML hyperlink in JLabel component
 *
 * @param label//from  w  w  w.  ja v  a 2s  .  com
 * @param url
 * @param text
 */
public static void createHyperLink(JLabel label, final String url, String text) {
    label.setToolTipText(url);
    label.setText("<html><a href=\"\">" + text + "</a></html>");
    label.setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));
    label.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
        @Override
        public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
            try {
                Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI(url));
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
            } catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
            }
        }
    });
}

From source file:com.aan.girsang.client.launcher.ClientLauncher.java

public static void jam(JLabel lbl) {
    Thread t = new Thread(() -> {
        while (true) {
            lbl.setText(new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss").format(new Date()));
            try {
                Thread.sleep(1000);
            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
            }/*from  w  w w . ja v a 2  s.  c  o  m*/
        }
    });
    t.start();
}

From source file:Main.java

public static void setLabelCenter(JLabel label, String str, int width, int height) {
    Graphics g = label.getGraphics();
    Color c = g.getColor();/*from   w ww  .  ja  va  2 s. c om*/
    g.setColor(Color.BLUE);
    label.setText(str);
    int strWidth = SwingUtilities.computeStringWidth(g.getFontMetrics(), str);
    int lX = width / 2 - strWidth;
    int lY = g.getFont().getSize() / 2;
    //System.out.printf("\"label\"+%s X:%d,Y:%d\n",str,lX,lY);
    label.setBounds(lX, lY, strWidth, g.getFont().getSize());
    g.setColor(c);
}

From source file:Main.java

private static JPanel createPanel() {
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    final JLabel label = new JLabel(new Date().toString());
    panel.add(label);/*from  www  . j a va2  s.  c o  m*/
    panel.addAncestorListener(new AncestorListener() {
        @Override
        public void ancestorAdded(AncestorEvent event) {
            // start animation
            label.setText(new Date().toString());
        }

        @Override
        public void ancestorRemoved(AncestorEvent event) {
            // stop animation
        }

        @Override
        public void ancestorMoved(AncestorEvent event) {
        }
    });
    return panel;
}

From source file:Main.java

/**
 * Configures a label as if it was an hyperlink.
 * /*w  w w.  j  a va  2 s.c o m*/
 * @param label
 *            the label to configure.
 */
public static void configureLabelAsHyperlink(JLabel label) {
    if (label == null) {
        return;
    }

    StringBuffer html = new StringBuffer();
    html.append("<html><font color=\"blue\"><u>");
    html.append(label.getText());
    html.append("</u></font></html>");

    label.setText(html.toString());
    label.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));
}

From source file:QandE.MyDemo1.java

/**
 * Create the GUI and show it.  For thread safety,
 * this method should be invoked from the
 * event-dispatching thread.//from  w w  w  .  ja  v  a2s.co m
 */
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
    //Create and set up the window.
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("MyDemo1");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    //Add a label with bold italic font.
    JLabel label = new JLabel("My Demo");
    frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, label);
    if (true) {
        label.setFont(label.getFont().deriveFont(Font.ITALIC | Font.BOLD));
    } else {
        //another way of doing it, but not as appropriate since 
        //setFont is faster than using HTML.
        label.setText("<html><i>My Demo</i></html>");
    }
    label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);

    //Display the window, making it a little bigger than it really needs to be.
    frame.pack();
    frame.setSize(frame.getWidth() + 100, frame.getHeight() + 50);
    frame.setVisible(true);
}

From source file:QandE.MyDemo3.java

/**
 * Create the GUI and show it.  For thread safety,
 * this method should be invoked from the
 * event-dispatching thread.//  w w w.jav  a  2s . c om
 */
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
    //Create and set up the window.
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("MyDemo3");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    //Add a label with bold italic font.
    JLabel label = new JLabel("My Demo");
    frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, label);
    if (true) {
        label.setFont(label.getFont().deriveFont(Font.ITALIC | Font.BOLD));
    } else {
        //another way of doing it, but not as appropriate since 
        //setFont is faster than using HTML.
        label.setText("<html><i>My Demo</i></html>");
    }
    label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);

    JButton b = new JButton("A button");
    frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.PAGE_END, b);
    frame.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(b);

    //Display the window, making it a little bigger than it really needs to be.
    frame.pack();
    frame.setSize(frame.getWidth() + 100, frame.getHeight() + 50);
    frame.setVisible(true);
}