Java tutorial
import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.AbstractAction; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.Timer; public class Main extends JPanel { private static final JLabel label = new JLabel("12345678901234567890", JLabel.CENTER); public Main() { this.setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 1)); this.add(label); this.add(new JButton(new AbstractAction("OK") { @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { JButton b = (JButton) e.getSource(); b.setText("123"); } })); new Timer(100, new ActionListener() { @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { label.setText(String.valueOf(System.nanoTime())); } }).start(); } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); f.add(new Main()); f.pack(); f.setVisible(true); } }