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Underlining text in JLabel
Hi
I am looking for an example code on how to underline text displayed in JLabel.
thanks for any help
Hari
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 hari
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9/23/2003 4:14:24 PM |
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In article <f4ce927d.0309230814.1c2dfade@posting.google.com>,
hari.motati@gs.com (Hari) wrote:
>:Hi
>:I am looking for an example code on how to underline text displayed in
>:JLabel.
>:
>:thanks for any help
>:Hari
You can't actually underline text in a JLabel. You can set its font, so
perhaps you can some up with a font that includes underlines. But an
even simpler possibility would be to use HTML. Let's see -- don't you
underline text in HTML with <u> and </u> tags? Then your JLabel's text
value could be "<html><u>some text here</u></html>" and it should work.
= Steve =
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama
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Steve
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9/23/2003 4:20:11 PM
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hari.motati@gs.com (Hari) writes:
> I am looking for an example code on how to underline text displayed
> in JLabel.
theLabel.setText("<html>Look at the <u>underline</u>!");
Note that this causes HTML rendering instead of the JLabel's normal
font setting, so it will look out of place unless you start playing
with stylesheets.
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Tor
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9/23/2003 5:30:01 PM
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In article <u7k3ze7l2.fsf@broadpark.no>,
Tor Iver Wilhelmsen <tor.iver.wilhelmsen@broadpark.no> wrote:
>:hari.motati@gs.com (Hari) writes:
>:
>:> I am looking for an example code on how to underline text displayed
>:> in JLabel.
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>:theLabel.setText("<html>Look at the <u>underline</u>!");
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>:Note that this causes HTML rendering instead of the JLabel's normal
>:font setting, so it will look out of place unless you start playing
>:with stylesheets.
Why do you say that? I've seen no evidence of it in our app's usage.
We set the font on numerous JLabel or JButton instances, and in a small
number we set the actual text using HTML (though we always close the
tags). And none have exhibited any unusual appearance or behavior.
= Steve =
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama
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Steve
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9/23/2003 8:21:17 PM
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On 23 Sep 2003 09:14:24 -0700, hari.motati@gs.com (Hari) wrote:
>Hi
>I am looking for an example code on how to underline text displayed in JLabel.
>
>thanks for any help
>Hari
JLabel lbl = new JLabel("Blahblah");
lbl.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.UNDERLINE, 10);
I don't know if this is correct, but I think it should work along those lines.
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Kevin
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9/23/2003 8:22:28 PM
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In article <eqa1nvgjudtfit16975n4o1rohhtggfsfi@4ax.com>,
Kevin Pors <krpors@yahoo.deletethisportion.co.uk> wrote:
>:On 23 Sep 2003 09:14:24 -0700, hari.motati@gs.com (Hari) wrote:
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>:>Hi
>:>I am looking for an example code on how to underline text displayed in
>:>JLabel.
>:>
>:>thanks for any help
>:>Hari
>:
>:JLabel lbl = new JLabel("Blahblah");
>:lbl.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.UNDERLINE, 10);
>:
>:I don't know if this is correct, but I think it should work along those
>:lines.
Unfortunately, no. There's no such thing as "Font.UNDERLINE" in the
Font class definition. The only styles are PLAIN, BOLD, and ITALIC, and
the last two can be added to get both styles.
= Steve =
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama
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Steve
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9/23/2003 8:47:44 PM
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"Steve W. Jackson" wrote:
> Why do you say that? I've seen no evidence of it in our app's
> usage. We set the font on numerous JLabel or JButton instances,
> and in a small number we set the actual text using HTML (though we
> always close the tags). And none have exhibited any unusual
> appearance or behavior.
When HTML labels were introduced, they indeed came up with a different
font and alignment then the normal font on the the label. This was the
case for a long time, and only fixed in recent VMs.
You still need HTML like
button.setText("<html><font face=Dialog size=1><b>"
+ text +
+ "</b></font></html>");
on older VMs.
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Harald
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9/24/2003 6:03:05 AM
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In article <Xns940051F81FCFDhhtoken@194.97.5.9>,
Harald Hein <speechless@gmx.de> wrote:
>:"Steve W. Jackson" wrote:
>:
>:> Why do you say that? I've seen no evidence of it in our app's
>:> usage. We set the font on numerous JLabel or JButton instances,
>:> and in a small number we set the actual text using HTML (though we
>:> always close the tags). And none have exhibited any unusual
>:> appearance or behavior.
>:
>:When HTML labels were introduced, they indeed came up with a different
>:font and alignment then the normal font on the the label. This was the
>:case for a long time, and only fixed in recent VMs.
>:
>:You still need HTML like
>:
>: button.setText("<html><font face=Dialog size=1><b>"
>: + text +
>: + "</b></font></html>");
>:
>:on older VMs.
That might explain why one of our uses of HTML on a JButton has
something similar. It was done quite some time ago, and I couldn't
remember the rationale, since the person who actually coded it isn't
with our team any longer.
= Steve =
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama
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Steve
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9/24/2003 3:41:09 PM
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