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| From | Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: JLabel Text Cutoff |
| Date | 2020-03-04 19:23 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <r3oro5$rde$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <c906ffa0-dddc-452b-8a59-afa3ace910d3@googlegroups.com> <r3ormf$rde$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2020-03-04 19:23, Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
> On 2020-03-04 19:06, Eric Douglas wrote:
>> Is there an easy way to show text on a JLabel cutoff from the left?
>> I've tried every method and parameter I can think of but when the text runs out of the control it just wants to cut it off from the right.
>> sample:
>> import java.awt.Dimension;
>> import java.awt.FlowLayout;
>>
>> import javax.swing.JFrame;
>> import javax.swing.JLabel;
>> import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
>>
>> public class TestLabel {
>>
>> public static void main(String[] args) {
>> JFrame f = new JFrame();
>> f.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600,480));
>> f.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT, 5, 5));
>> String text = "too long text to fit in control";
>>
>> JLabel lbl_1 = new JLabel();
>> lbl_1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(70,20));
>> lbl_1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.TRAILING);
>> lbl_1.setText(text);
>> f.getContentPane().add(lbl_1);
>>
>> f.pack();
>> f.setVisible(true);
>> }
>> }
>>
>> I see text displayed as "too long te..."
>> I want to see text displayed like "...in control"
>>
>
> The code you're looking for is in
> sun.swing.SwingUtilities2#clipString
> called by (ultimately)
> javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicLabelUI#layout
>
> Looking at that method, I don't think there's any built-in way of having
> the clipping occur at the start of the string:
>> return string + clipString;
> always appends.
>
(Code from OpenJDK 1.8)
--
DF.
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JLabel Text Cutoff Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-03-04 10:06 -0800
Re: JLabel Text Cutoff Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-03-04 19:23 +0100
Re: JLabel Text Cutoff Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-03-04 19:23 +0100
Re: JLabel Text Cutoff Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-03-04 12:15 -0800
Re: JLabel Text Cutoff Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-03-04 21:39 +0100
Re: JLabel Text Cutoff Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-03-04 12:59 -0800
Re: JLabel Text Cutoff Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-03-04 22:26 +0100
Re: JLabel Text Cutoff Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-03-04 13:25 -0500
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