Changing the colour of text in drawstring()
I'm trying to add emphasis to one work in a string im drawing using swing.
I was advised to use HTML with the following code:
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g.drawString("this is something I want people to <p color="#00FF00">NOTICE</p>", x, y);
I tried this but had no luck... it just outputs the HTML
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Answer
How does this compile:
g.drawString("this is something I want people to <p color="#00FF00">NOTICE</p>", x, y);as ' " ' is a special character we must escape it with \You cast to Graphics2D but dont use it (not relevant to problem but can cause anomalies).
It should be:
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.drawString("this is something I want people to <p color=\"#00FF00\">NOTICE</p>", x, y);
to add colour simply call setColor(Color c) on Graphics object:
g2.setColor(Color.GREEN);
However this will set the entire String to be drawn green, if you want only parts to be drawn green use JLabel for HTML support (up to HTML3.2):
JLabel label = new JLabel("<html>this is something I want people to <p color=\"#00FF00\">NOTICE</p></html>");
full example:
NB As you can see notice is on its own line thats because of the paragraph tag rather use font tag to get it on a single line like so:
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class Test {
public Test() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JLabel label = new JLabel("<html>this is something I want people to <p color=\"#00FF00\">NOTICE</p></html>");
// JLabel label = new JLabel("<html>this is something I want people to <font color=\"#00FF00\">NOTICE</font></html>");//will be shown on single line
frame.add(label);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
new Test();
}
});
}
}