Creating a Multiline Label for a JButton Component

A button label can show simple HTML tags when surrounded by the tags <HTML> and </HTML>. This example shows how to create multiple lines by using the <BR> tag. See the javax.swing.text.html.HTML class documentation for a list of supported tags.
String label = "<html>"+"This is a"+"<br>"+"swing button"+"</html>"; // Create an action with the label Action action = new AbstractAction(label) { // This method is called when the button is pressed public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) { // Perform action } }; // Create the button JButton button = new JButton(action);
By default, the lines are left justified. This label text will center the lines:
button.setText("<html><center>"+"This is a"+"<br>"+"swing button"+"</center></html>");
This label text italicizes the second line:
button.setText("<html>"+"This is a"+"<br><i>"+"swing button"+"</i></html>");

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