Swing Examples - Using HTML Button

Following example showcase how to create a HTML Button in a Java Swing application.

We are using the following APIs.

JButton(HTML) − To create a standard button with HTML content. Make sure that <html> is present in the start of the html content.
setForeground − To set the foreground color of the button.
setBackground − To set the background color of the button.
setFont() − To set the font used on the button.

Example

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.LayoutManager;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class SwingTester {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      createWindow();
   }

   private static void createWindow() {    
      JFrame frame = new JFrame("Swing Tester");
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

      createUI(frame);
      frame.setSize(560, 200);      
      frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);  
      frame.setVisible(true);
   }

   private static void createUI(final JFrame frame){
      JPanel panel = new JPanel();
      LayoutManager layout = new FlowLayout();  
      panel.setLayout(layout);       

      String htmlContent = "<html><center><b><u>N</u>ext</b><br>"
         + "<font color=#eeeeee>Move Ahead</font>";     

      JButton nextButton = new JButton(htmlContent);
      nextButton.setForeground(new Color(0xaabbcc));
      nextButton.setBackground(new Color(0x444444));
      nextButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_N);
      Font font = nextButton.getFont().deriveFont(Font.ITALIC);
      nextButton.setFont(font);
      nextButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Button clicked.");
         }
      });  

      panel.add(nextButton);
      frame.getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);    
   }
}

Output

swingexamples_buttons.htm