The Java Developers Almanac 1.4

e739. Creating a JLabel Component

    // The text is left-justified and vertically centered
    JLabel label = new JLabel("Text Label");
    
    // The text is horizontally and vertically centered
    label = new JLabel("Text Label", JLabel.CENTER);
    
    // The text is right-justified and vertically centered
    label = new JLabel("Text Label", JLabel.RIGHT);
    
    // The text is left-justified and top-aligned
    label = new JLabel("Text Label", JLabel.LEFT);
    label.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.TOP);
    
    // The text is right-justified and top-aligned
    label = new JLabel("Text Label", JLabel.RIGHT);
    label.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.TOP);
    
    // The text is left-justified and bottom-aligned
    label = new JLabel("Text Label", JLabel.LEFT);
    label.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.BOTTOM);
    
    // The text is right-justified and bottom-aligned
    label = new JLabel("Text Label", JLabel.RIGHT);
    label.setVerticalAlignment(JLabel.BOTTOM);

Related Examples

e740. Adding an Icon to a JLabel Component
e741. Setting the Focus of a JTextField Component Using a JLabel Component
e742. Adding Drag-and-Drop Support to a JLabel Component

See also: Actions    JButton    JCheckBox    JComboBox    JDesktop and JInternalFrame    JFrame, JWindow, JDialog    JList    JProgressBar    JRadioButton    JScrollPane    JSlider    JSpinner    JSplitPane    JTabbedPane    JToolBar    Keystrokes and Input Maps    Layout    Look and Feel    Menus    Progress Monitor    The Screen    Tool Tips    UI Default Values

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