Is there a way to underline a character in string in a JLabel?

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I just want to underline a character in a string in my JLabel, how can I do that, I've been searching the web for a simple way of doing it in Java but I can't find anything. For example I have a text "Modify" in a JLabel and I just want to underline "M" in Modify how do I do that? Thanks in advance.

Underline the character in my string in a JLabel.

Why do you want to underline "M"? To add a keyboard shortcut, or just to have it underlined for visual purposes? — Grzegorz Smulko, Jun 19 '19 at 19:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 19 '19 at 15:56

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You can use HTML in your JLabel text -

label.setText("<html><u>M</u>odify</html>");

answered Jun 19 '19 at 15:56

Dave Drake

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Is that syntax applicable to a swing program? – buencamino Jun 19 '19 at 15:58
Yes - you can read more about it here: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/html.html – Dave Drake Jun 19 '19 at 16:00
Ok thanks. Will try it. – buencamino Jun 19 '19 at 16:04

Is there a way to underline a character in string in a JLabel?

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