In nowadays web oriented world users expectations are that desktop application behave like web application. And part of this that cursor must be changed when moving over button and checkbox controls. Next code snippet satisfied needs:
Suppose, we need link (hyperlink) in our desktop swing application, and clicking it should open specified page in default browser. Try this code:
Suppose, we need underlined label in our swing application. java.awt.Font doesn’t have this option. But next code solves the problem: JLabel clickItLabel = new JLabel(“<html><u>Click It</u></html>”)
Netbeans is great software. But sometimes very confusing. Netbeans have great java swing GUI editor with drag and drop palette. Use it. It is very helpful. Netbeans have also Java Desktop Application option: File -> New Project -> Java -> Java Desktop Application – don’t use it. It seems to be helpful but creates more [...]
I want text on my JLabel object displayed in two lines. Next code does do the work: label.setText(” <html> first line <br> second line </html>”);
Suppose we have JPanel with name panel and JButton with name button on it. Try this code:
