Element: Label.
Icon:
Text: A decorative label.
Description: A Label is a basic element used to display a text or an image (or both) with decorative or informative purposes.
Table of properties |
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Name | Description | Values accepted |
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Text | The text displayed by the element. | Any constant or variable of type String. |
Image | The image displayed by the element. | Any constant or variable of type String, corresponding to a GIF or animated GIF image. The string indicates the path to the corresponding image file. The path can be relative to the working directory or an Internet URL. |
Alignment | How to align the text of the element. | One of the constants: left,
center or right. It can also be an integer variable (consult the Javadoc reference for the class javax.swing.JButton). |
Graphical Aspect | ||
Size | The size of the element. | An Object variable of the class java.awt.Dimension or the integer values for the width and the height, respectively, separated by a comma. |
Background | The color used for the background of the element. | An Object variable of the class java.awt.Color
or one of the predefined colors: black,
blue, cyan, darkGray, gray, green, lightGray, magenta, orange, pink,
red, white, yellow.
A color can also be specified providing its integer RGB coordinates (between 0 and 255), plus an optional transparency coordinate. The default value is decided by the system. |
Foreground | The color used for the text displayed by the element. | See the values for the Background property. |
Font | The font used for the text displayed by the element. | An Object variable of the class java.awt.Font
or a set of family, style and size, separated by commas. The style
must be one of plain,
bold, italic, bold | italic. Example: Monospaced,italic,18.
The default value is decided by the system. |
Tooltip | The text displayed when the cursor lingers on top of the element. | Any constant or variable of type String. |