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SweSub
SweSub

Reputation: 13

Swing JLabel - strike through HTML text

I am having problems adding a HTML strike-through tag to a string of text in Java.

EDIT: I have posted the entire code and I am using Windows 7, Java 8 and Swing.

JLabel LocalSelectorLabel = new JLabel("<html><strike>Text Here</strike><html>");
LocalSelectorLabel.setBounds(12, 50, 55, 16);
LocalTabPanel.add(LocalSelectorLabel);

I have tried the tags: s, del and strike but all of them just give me underlined text. I have looked around for other tags that might work but I haven't found anything.

EDIT 2: This works for me, thanks:

new JLabel("<html><body><span style='text-decoration: line-through;'>Text Here</span></body></html>");

EDIT 3: Now this is interesting. I ran the code on a different computer and that one displays as strike-through and as underline as expected while the computer I used to ask this question did not. I see now why I didn't find anything when I searched for a solution.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1869

Answers (3)

Ga&#235;l J
Ga&#235;l J

Reputation: 15250

Be aware that <strike> tag is not part of HTML5, you should use CSS to achieve this.

EDIT : you're using Swing, so HTML 3.2 and <strike> tag exists (but still not recommended for future updates).

Upvotes: 1

Andrew Thompson
Andrew Thompson

Reputation: 168835

"<html></strike>Text Here</strike><html>"

Should be:

"<html><strike>Text Here</strike><html>"

The 'opening' </strike> tag should be <strike>.

As an aside, it never hurts to check the HTML using an HTML validator. For 'Swing HTML' set it to HTML 3.2 (or 4.01 transitional, if they stop supporting 3.2).

Upvotes: 8

Petter Friberg
Petter Friberg

Reputation: 21710

As a continue of @Gaël answer, using css you can achive your desired result with the follwing code:

new JLabel("<html><body><span style='text-decoration: line-through;'>Text Here</span></body></html>");

Upvotes: 5

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