Java tutorial
// : c14:HTMLButton.java // Putting HTML text on Swing components. // <applet code=HTMLButton width=250 height=500></applet> // From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002 // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JApplet; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; public class HTMLButton extends JApplet { private JButton b = new JButton("<html><b><font size=+2>" + "<center>Hello!<br><i>Press me now!"); public void init() { b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { getContentPane().add(new JLabel("<html>" + "<i><font size=+4>Kapow!")); // Force a re-layout to include the new label: validate(); } }); Container cp = getContentPane(); cp.setLayout(new FlowLayout()); cp.add(b); } public static void main(String[] args) { run(new HTMLButton(), 200, 500); } public static void run(JApplet applet, int width, int height) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.getContentPane().add(applet); frame.setSize(width, height); applet.init(); applet.start(); frame.setVisible(true); } } ///:~