package components; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; /* * LabelDemo.java needs one other file: * images/middle.gif */ public class LabelDemo extends JPanel { public LabelDemo() { super(new GridLayout(3,1)); //3 rows, 1 column JLabel label1, label2, label3, label4; ImageIcon icon = createImageIcon("images/middle.gif", "a pretty but meaningless splat"); //setLayout(new BoxLayout(this,BoxLayout.Y_AXIS)); //Create the first label. label1 = new JLabel("Image and Text", icon, JLabel.LEFT); //Set the position of its text, relative to its icon: label1.setVerticalTextPosition(JLabel.BOTTOM); label1.setHorizontalTextPosition(JLabel.CENTER); label1.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK)); //Create the other labels. label2 = new JLabel("Text-Only Label"); //label2.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.RIGHT); label2.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK)); label3 = new JLabel(icon); label3.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK)); label4 = new JLabel("HTML text", JLabel.RIGHT); label4.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.BLACK)); //Create tool tips, for the heck of it. label1.setToolTipText("A label containing both image and text"); label2.setToolTipText("A label containing only text"); label3.setToolTipText("A label containing only an image"); //Add the labels. add(label1); add(label2); add(label3); add(label4); } /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */ protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path, String description) { java.net.URL imgURL = LabelDemo.class.getResource(path); if (imgURL != null) { return new ImageIcon(imgURL, description); } else { System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path); return null; } } /** * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, * this method should be invoked from the * event dispatch thread. */ private static void createAndShowGUI() { //Create and set up the window. JFrame frame = new JFrame("LabelDemo"); frame.setSize(400,300); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); //Add content to the window. frame.add(new LabelDemo()); //Display the window. //frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { //Schedule a job for the event dispatch thread: //creating and showing this application's GUI. SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { //Turn off metal's use of bold fonts UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE); createAndShowGUI(); } }); } }