Java swing: Multiline labels?
The direct procedure of writing a multi-line text in a jlabel is:
JLabel label = new JLabel("<html>First Line<br>Second Line</html>");
public class JMultilineLabel extends JTextArea{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public JMultilineLabel(String text){
super(text); // According to Mr. Polywhirl, this might improve it -> text + System.lineSeparator()
setEditable(false);
setCursor(null);
setOpaque(false);
setFocusable(false);
setFont(UIManager.getFont("Label.font"));
setWrapStyleWord(true);
setLineWrap(true);
//According to Mariana this might improve it
setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
setAlignmentY(JLabel.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
}
}
It totally looks the same for me, but its ugly
Another easy way (but changes the text style a bit) is to use a <pre></pre>
html block.
This will persist any formatting the user entered if the string you are using came from a user input box.
Example:
JLabel label = new JLabel("<html><pre>First Line\nSecond Line</pre></html>");
You can use HTML
in JLabels
. To use it, your text has to start with <html>
.
Set your text to "<html>This is<br>a multi-line string"
and it should work.
See Swing Tutorial: JLabel and Multiline label (HTML) for more information.