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[java] Labels

Started by Vexorian Dec 8, 2005 at 12:59 PM 5 replies 950+ views

Original Post

Dec 8, 2005 at 12:59 PM

Any way to have 2 labels really close ? I tried to use setBounds(new Rectangle(stuff) ) when adding the labels to a panel that doesn't have a LayoutManager but it seriously didn't work out. Is there any way to place a control on the actual coordinates you want? Is there a way to have more than 1 line (rather 8 lines) in the same label? A little explanation: I have 5 labels, their text seems like this: Label 1 Label 2 Label 3 Label 4 Label 5 I want it to be like this: Label 1 Label 2 Label 3 Label 4 Label 5 "Closer" The actual idea is to have a game that uses just ascii characters (I know it is stupid but it is for a class project) It would be like this:


###########################
#  #O                     #
#        O      <         #
#  O                      #
###########################

Currently the separation between the labels is too big and it looks ugly. ps: It must stick to AWT;

cignox1

Dec 8, 2005 at 4:34 PM

setLayout(NULL) should remove the layout and let you specify the position and size using seBounds().
IIRC there should be also a way to put more lines in a Label, but I really don't remember what is it.

Vexorian

Dec 8, 2005 at 5:06 PM

Tried NULL and now they don't even show up, there is something I am missing let me check the documentation

Whackjack

Dec 8, 2005 at 6:00 PM

I thought that if you add a "\n" in the string, that will let you have multiple lines.

cignox1

Dec 9, 2005 at 2:15 AM

Quote:
Original post by Vexorian
Tried NULL and now they don't even show up, there is something I am missing let me check the documentation

If you remove the layout, then you have to set a size because otherwise it defaults to w=0, h=0 (I think) and you wont see anything.
try setBounds(0,0100,10); just after the setLayout(NULL);

Vexorian

Dec 9, 2005 at 9:23 AM

Quote:
Original post by Whackjack
I thought that if you add a "\n" in the string, that will let you have multiple lines.

It shows \n as ?

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If you remove the layout, then you have to set a size because otherwise it defaults to w=0, h=0 (I think) and you wont see anything.
try setBounds(0,0100,10); just after the setLayout(NULL);

I already used setBounds

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I decided a disabled textarea would work well enough for this case

cignox1

Dec 9, 2005 at 11:44 AM

'\n' is the how a C string represents the ASCII code for 'new line' and wont be printed. But I don't know if it works. Can you post the label initialization code?

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