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Ravichandra Namburi
Ravichandra Namburi

Reputation: 103

How to override color and font for a JLabel?

I need to create a class XLabel that would have customized color and font.

I need all JLabels to have the following effect 

 JLabelTest.setFont(new Font("Comic Sans MS", Font.BOLD, 20)); 
 JLabelTest.setForeground(Color.PINK);

This is what I tried 

public class XLabel extends JLabel {

    @Override 
    public void setFont(Font f)
       {
        super.setFont(new Font("Comic Sans MS", Font.BOLD, 20));
         repaint();
        }

    @Override 
    public void setForeground(Color fg)
       {  
        super.setForeground(Color.PINK); 
         repaint();
       }     
}

However, when I try to use it XLabel test= new XLabel("test") does not compile , because constructor XLabel (String ) is undefined. But it extends JLabel , so it should inherit all it's constructors . Why doesn't it ? How to set customized color and font ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 331

Answers (1)

Jake Miller
Jake Miller

Reputation: 2632

You don't need to override those methods. JLabel is an abstract class, so XLabel automatically inherits those methods. Remove those methods from the XLabel class and try specifying the foreground and font in the constructor.

public class XLabel extends JLabel {

public XLabel(String text) {
    super(text);
    this.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
    this.setFont(new Font("Comic Sans MS", Font.BOLD, 20));
}

Then, whenever you create an instance of XLabel, the methods setForeground() and setFont() are automatically called. This makes any instance of XLabel have the color pink, and the font Comic Sans.

Upvotes: 1

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