JLabel - Show longer text as multiple lines?

Just another example, showing that, with the right layout manager, text wrapped in HTML tags will automatically wrap to the available space...

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public class TestHTMLLabel {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new TestHTMLLabel();
    }

    public TestHTMLLabel() {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
                }

                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64);
                sb.append("<html>I have something to say, it's beter to burn out then to fade away.").
                                append("  This is a very long String to see if you can wrap with in").
                                append("the available space</html>");

                JLabel label = new JLabel(sb.toString());

                JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test");
                frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
                frame.add(label);
                frame.setSize(100, 100);
                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
                frame.setVisible(true);
            }    
        });
    }        
}

Use HTML to display the text within the Label.

JLabel fancyLabel = new JLabel("<html>Punch Taskmaster</html>");

(Taskmaster-suggested example added in)

Format with HTML. Works great.

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setSize(new Dimension(450, 400));
        frame.setLocation(new Point(400, 300));
        frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

        final JLabel question = new JLabel("<html>Question:<br>What is love?<br>Baby don't hurt me<br>Don't hurt me<br>No more</html>");
        question.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 15));
        question.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);

        frame.add(question);

        frame.setVisible(true);
    }


}

Something like this. The answer give by rcook is very correct. Its just example to show how it can be done.

 b1 = new JLabel("<html>Default Lable I have to resize the
                 <br/> window to see the complete text.</html>");

JLabel - Show longer text as multiple lines?

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