Label : Java Glossary

java.awt.Label is a component used to display decorative text on the screen to label some other component.

There is a fair bit of ingenuity in ways to make physical labels:

•  Avery sticky labels available in many sizes and surface coatings. Make sure you get laser labels for laser printers and ink-jet labels for ink-jet printers.
•  Brother P-Touch and  Dymo tape label makers available in stationery stores. The problem with these labels is they will not stick to curved surfaces.
•  Mabel.ca will produce a variety of custom labels include dishwasher/microwave safe name labels, clothing labels, metal bag tags, spice jar labels, electric cord labels, return address labels, kid safety products. You have to buy either canned sets of labels such is the spice jars, or multiples of the same label, like clothing labels. You can’ produce a label one off.
• Cable Labellers Specialised cable labeling systems.

With java.awt.Label The user cannot ever modify the text, unlike TextFields. In AWT (Advanced Windowing Toolkit) you use Label, in Swing JLabel. Layout managers shift Labels about just like other components. End users can’t key into labels. For data entry, use TextFields or TextAreas. Note that you do not need repaint after a setText on a Label. Putting \n in the label text won’t give you a multiline label. You must use a javax.swing.JLabel. You feed a JLabel HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) containing a <br>. Similarly if you want to decorate your label text.

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