Java tutorial
import java.awt.FontMetrics; import java.awt.GridLayout; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextField; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setSize(300, 300); JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3, 1)); JLabel label = new JLabel(); JTextField tf = new JTextField(); JButton b = new JButton("calc sting width"); b.addActionListener(e -> { FontMetrics fm = label.getFontMetrics(label.getFont()); String text = tf.getText(); int textWidth = fm.stringWidth(text); label.setText("text width for \"" + text + "\": " + textWidth); }); panel.add(label); panel.add(tf); panel.add(b); frame.setContentPane(panel); frame.setVisible(true); } }