Align text and icon differently in JLabel

java swing alignment jlabel imageicon
BackSlash picture BackSlash · Mar 31, 2013 · Viewed 12.3k times · Source

i'm trying to create a JLabel that has text aligned left and icon aligned right, i tried this code:

_ip = new JLabel(ip);
_ip.setFont(boldFont);
_ip.setBounds(5, 0, 100, 50);
_ip.setIcon(images.ipBan);
_ip.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black, 1));
_ip.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.LEFT);
add(_ip);

And this is what i get:

Alignment preview

The red image shows the actual image alignment, the gray one shows where i want my image to be.

If i add

_ip.setAlignmentX(JLabel.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);

Nothing happens, and if i add

_ip.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.RIGHT);

Icon is aligned right, but also text is aligned right, and i want it to align left

Is there a way to do it?

Answer

trashgod picture trashgod · Mar 31, 2013

Alternatively, you can use a JPanel with a suitable layout, as shown here.

image

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