This section shows you how to set the multi line label on the button in Java Swing Applications.

Setting Multi-Line label on the Button

This section shows you how to set the multi line label on the button in Java Swing Applications.

This program uses html class from javax.swing.text.html*; package and then breaks the text label of the button into two lines. If you run the program it will look like following image:

Multiline Labe of the Button

HTML:
This is the class from the javax.swing.text.html.*; package of Java. This class provides the facility to use the html tags in java application for texts. There are <html></html> tag and <br> tag have been used in this program. Tags of html are used with the string which is the label of the button.

Here is the code of the program:


import javax.swing.*;

import javax.swing.text.html.*;

import java.awt.*;



public class MultilineLabelButton{

  public static void main(String[] args){

  JFrame frame = new JFrame("Multiline Label for Button");

  String lbl = "<html>" + "This label" + "<br>" + "is in two lines"

	 + "</html>";

  Panel panel = new Panel();

  JButton button = new JButton(lbl);

  panel.add(button);

//  frame.add(button);

  frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.NORTH);

  frame.setSize(300, 200);

  frame.setVisible(true);

  frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

  }

}

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Setting Multi-Line label on the Button

Setting Multi-Line label on the Button

Setting Multi-Line label on the Button

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