Java swing: Multiline labels? [duplicate]

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Multiline text in JLabel

I want to do this:

JLabel myLabel = new JLabel();
myLabel.setText("This is\na multi-line string");

Currently this results in a label that displays

This isa multi-line string

I want it to do this instead:

This is
a multi-line string

Any suggestions?

Thank you

EDIT: Implemented solution

In body of method:

myLabel.setText(convertToMultiline("This is\na multi-line string"));

Helper method:

public static String convertToMultiline(String orig)
{
    return "<html>" + orig.replaceAll("\n", "<br>");
}

You can use HTML in JLabels. To use it, your text has to start with <html>.

Set your text to "<html>This is<br>a multi-line string" and it should work.

See Swing Tutorial: JLabel and Multiline label (HTML) for more information.

public class JMultilineLabel extends JTextArea{
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    public JMultilineLabel(String text){
        super(text);
        setEditable(false);  
        setCursor(null);  
        setOpaque(false);  
        setFocusable(false);  
        setFont(UIManager.getFont("Label.font"));      
        setWrapStyleWord(true);  
        setLineWrap(true);
        //According to Mariana this might improve it
        setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));  
        setAlignmentY(JLabel.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
    }
}

It totally looks the same for me, but its ugly

Another easy way (but changes the text style a bit) is to use a <pre></pre> html block.

This will persist any formatting the user entered if the string you are using came from a user input box.

Example:

JLabel label = new JLabel("<html><pre>First Line\nSecond Line</pre></html>");

The direct procedure of writing a multi-line text in a jlabel is:

JLabel label = new JLabel("<html>First Line<br>Second Line</html>");

Java swing: Multiline labels? [duplicate]

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