Java JLabel Create createJLabel(String mlabel)

Description

Create a JLabel but make the font plain instead of super ugly BOLD

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
mlabel	the label to initialie the JLabel to

Return

an initialized JLabel with a PLAIN font

Declaration

public static JLabel createJLabel(String mlabel) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/* Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Taylor Gautier
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your 
 * option) any later version.//from  w w  w.  j a v  a2  s  .  co  m
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along 
 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
 * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 *
 * $Id: GUIUtilities.java,v 1.1 2002/08/05 00:06:41 tgautier Exp $
 */

import java.awt.*;

import javax.swing.*;

public class Main {
    /**
    * Create a JLabel but make the font plain instead of super ugly BOLD
    *
    * @param mlabel the label to initialie the JLabel to
    *
    * @return an initialized JLabel with a PLAIN font
    */
    public static JLabel createJLabel(String mlabel) {
        JLabel l = new JLabel(mlabel, SwingConstants.LEFT);
        setFontType(l, Font.PLAIN);

        return l;
    }

    /**
     * Set the font type for a component (leaves other properties of
     * the current font intact)
     *
     * @param type the new type for the font
     */
    public static void setFontType(Component c, int type) {
        c.setFont(c.getFont().deriveFont(type));
    }
}

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