Align text in JLabel to the right

JavaJpanelJlabelText Alignment

Java Problem Overview

I have a JPanel with some JLabel added with the add() method of JPanel. I want to align the JLabel to the right like the image below but I don't know how to do that. Any Idea? Thanks!

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Java Solutions

Solution 1 - Java

This can be done in two ways.

JLabel Horizontal Alignment

You can use the JLabel constructor:

JLabel(String text, int horizontalAlignment)

To align to the right:

JLabel label = new JLabel("Telephone", SwingConstants.RIGHT);

JLabel also has setHorizontalAlignment:

label.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.RIGHT);

This assumes the component takes up the whole width in the container.

Using Layout

A different approach is to use the layout to actually align the component to the right, whilst ensuring they do not take the whole width. Here is an example with BoxLayout:

    Box box = Box.createVerticalBox();
    JLabel label1 = new JLabel("test1, the beginning");
    label1.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
    box.add(label1);

    JLabel label2 = new JLabel("test2, some more");
    label2.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
    box.add(label2);

    JLabel label3 = new JLabel("test3");
    label3.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
    box.add(label3);


    add(box);

Solution 2 - Java

JLabel label = new JLabel("fax", SwingConstants.RIGHT);

Solution 3 - Java

To me, it seems as if your actual intention is to put different words on different lines. But let me answer your first question:

JLabel lab=new JLabel("text");
lab.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);

And if you have an image:

JLabel lab=new Jlabel("text");
lab.setIcon(new ImageIcon("path//img.png"));
lab.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.LEFT);

But, I believe you want to make the label such that there are only 2 words on 1 line.

In that case try this:

String urText="<html>You can<br>use basic HTML<br>in Swing<br> components," 
   +"Hope<br> I helped!";
JLabel lac=new JLabel(urText);
lac.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
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