Is there any MultiLine JLabel option?

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I want to display some text in JLabel at runtime. I just want to know that is there anyway through which the text is displayed on multiple lines. For example, I want my text to be displayed in following format:

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3

String  sText  = "Line1 \n Line2 \n Line3";
jLabel1.setText (sText);

I tried the above code but its not working. Am I doing some thing wrong or does JLabel not support said feature?

If I'm unable to achieve the above functionality, how can I add multiple labels (one for each line) in JPanel at runtime?

The other option is to use single line JLabels but place them in a JPanel (the container) that uses a layout that allows you to stack the JLabels, such as a GridLayout or a BoxLayout. — Hovercraft Full Of Eels, Sep 16 '11 at 16:31

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 16 '11 at 17:41

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JLabel supports HTML. You can write:

String  sText  = "<html>Line1 <br/> Line2 <br/> Line3</html>";
jLabel1.setText (sText);

Edit: I added back slashes with br tag in order to make code working

edited Sep 16 '11 at 17:41

Jame

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answered Sep 16 '11 at 16:24

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confucius · Answer 2 · 2011-09-16T17:50:42.527

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use <br> instead of using \n and prefix it by <html> like this

"<html>Line1 <br> Line2 <br> Line3</html>";

edited Sep 16 '11 at 17:50

answered Sep 16 '11 at 16:23

confucius

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Note that to take effect (in order to be rendered as HTML), the `String` needs an `` prefix to the `
`. Otherwise +1. – Andrew Thompson Sep 16 '11 at 17:37

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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A better option for HTML formatted text in this case, is to drop the hard line breaks (except at the end of paragraphs) and set the width of the HTML using CSS.

As seen in the 2nd example (LabelRenderTest.java) shown here.

JLabel with multiline, formatted, text.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Sep 16 '11 at 16:41

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Is there any MultiLine JLabel option?

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