How would you go about adding text and images to a button or label?

[goatjugsoup]

I am trying to do something like what I have posted below in that image where the 1s are variables I would want to be able to change at runtime and the colored squares are images. I was thinking this might be done on a button or label with image icons or something similar, the images will not need to be changed, just the variables. I am not even sure if this could be done on 1 button or label or if it needs to be done on 3.
Any help would be appreciated



*edit*
As a sidenote, if anyone could tell me how to size an image programmatically that would also be very helpful, as it is I have just been resizing with fireworks.

[JosAH]

The JButtons and Jabels have a setText( ... ) and setIcon( ... ) method together with a couple of allignment methods. Don't they suffice?

kind regards,

Jos

[goatjugsoup]

I have been looking at those and if I end up having to use 3 different buttons, 1 for each paring of text and image that method will work but as far as I know the setIcon won't allow you to have multiple icons. I'm really hoping there's a better way that I just don't know about but thanks for the reply.

[JosAH]

Rob Camick has a site full of tips and tricks; one of them describes how you can create a single Icon out of two (or more) Icons so you can stick them in a JLabel or JButton. Note that this isn't the only solution for displaying several Icons in a row ...

kind regards,

Jos

[goatjugsoup]

The link you provided looks interesting but I couldn't see anything there that would achieve what I wanted to do. I have messed around with 3 different labels and have gotten it to look as if I were doing it with 1 which is what I was trying to do so I guess thats good enough. Thanks for the tips anyway, the knowledge will probably help me out down the line.

[JosAH]

The link you provided looks interesting but I couldn't see anything there that would achieve what I wanted to do. I have messed around with 3 different labels and have gotten it to look as if I were doing it with 1 which is what I was trying to do so I guess thats good enough. Thanks for the tips anyway, the knowledge will probably help me out down the line.

I gave you the link to the home page so you could bookmark it (it's worth it); I expected you to be able to find the topic yourself.

kind regards,

Jos