AWT CONTROLS IN JAVA:LABELS

AWT Label Class

Create AWT Label with simple Example..........

INTRODUCTION

Label component displays text just like a drawString(). The difference is Label gets the status of a component so that it can be added in position format using layout manager. Label displays text in one line only. User cannot edit the text of the label. It is meant only for the programmer to display some information. The label does not raise any events (the other only component that does not raise events is Panel). 

FIELDS

Following are the fields for java.awt.Component class:

• static int CENTER
• static int LEFT 
• static int RIGHT 

public static final int LEFT = 0       label is aligned to left

public static final int CENTER = 1 label is aligned to center

public static final int RIGHT = 2         label is aligned to right

Following is the class signature

public class Label extends Component implements Accessible

CLASS CONSTRUCTORS

S.N.               Constructor & Description

1               Label() 

                              Constructs an empty label.

2               Label(String text) 

                              Constructs a new label with the specified string of text, left justified.

3               Label(String text, int alignment) 

                              Constructs a new label that presents the specified string of text with the      

                               specified alignment.

Example:

import java.awt.*; 

import java.applet.Applet; 

 

public class MyLabel extends Applet 

{ 

  public void init() 

{ 

  add(new Label("label one")); 

  add(new Label("label two", Label.RIGHT)); 

  } 

 } 

Output: