Label Alignment Example

Java Tip · #1 (**permalink**) 06-27-2008, 08:49 PM

Code:

import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.GridLayout;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;

public class LabelAlign {

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Label Align");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    Container content = frame.getContentPane();
    content.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 2));

    Border border = LineBorder.createGrayLineBorder();

    JLabel label1 = new JLabel("<html>Bottom<BR>Left");
    label1.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
    label1.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.BOTTOM);
    label1.setBorder(border);
    content.add(label1);

    JLabel label2 = new JLabel("Top-Right");
    label2.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.RIGHT);
    label2.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.TOP);
    label2.setBorder(border);
    content.add(label2);

    JLabel label3 = new JLabel("<html>Top<BR>RIGHT");
    label3.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.RIGHT);
    label3.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.TOP);
    label3.setBorder(border);
    content.add(label3);

    JLabel label4 = new JLabel("<html>Bottom<BR>Center");
    label4.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
    label4.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.BOTTOM);
    label4.setBorder(border);
    label4.setIconTextGap(0);
    content.add(label4);

    frame.setSize(300, 200);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}