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- Example - Borders
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Swing Examples - Add Border to JLabel
Following example showcase how to add border to a JLabel in a Java Swing application.
We are using the following APIs.
BorderFactory.createLineBorder() − To create a line border.
JLabel.setBorder(border) − To set the desired border to the JLabel.
Example
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.awt.LayoutManager; import javax.swing.BorderFactory; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.border.Border; 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(JFrame frame){ //Create a border Border blackline = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black); JPanel panel = new JPanel(); LayoutManager layout = new FlowLayout(); panel.setLayout(layout); JPanel panel1 = new JPanel(); String spaces = " "; JLabel label = new JLabel(spaces + "Border to JLabel" + spaces); label.setBorder(blackline); panel1.add(label); panel1.add( new JLabel(spaces + "JLabel with no border" + spaces)); panel.add(panel1); frame.getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER); } }
Output
swingexamples_borders.htm
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