CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaswingjradiobuttonlongtext
chaitra setty
chaitra setty

Reputation: 1

How to include text for JRadioButton in the form of dt, dd inline in java swing?

I have been trying to add 2 radio buttons which indicate Modes like A and B with a long description like shown in the below image.

I need,

  1. the Mode names to appear in bold text
  2. the following sentence to start in the same line
  3. sentence to follow the format of dd (not coming below the mode name, if extended to next line).

I have tried few available suggestions online and not been successful so far. Please suggest me on how to achieve the same.

JLabel label = new JLabel();
   label.setHorizontalAlignment( SwingConstants.RIGHT);
   label.setName("LABEL NAME");
   label.setVisible(true);
    
JRadioButton modeA = new JRadioButton("<html><dl><dt><b>Mode A: </b></dt><dd>This sentence is really long and is expected to be displayed in 2 or more lines.</dd></dl></html>");
    modeA.setFocusPainted(false);
    modeA.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 0, 12,0));
    modeA.setName("Mode_A");
    modeA.setVisible(true);

JRadioButton modeB = new JRadioButton("<html><dl><dt><b>Mode B: </b></dt><dd>This sentence is another example of a long string and is expected to be displayed in 2 or more lines.</dd></dl></html>");
    modeB.setFocusPainted(false);
    modeB.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(12, 0, 0, 0));
    modeB.setName("Mode_B");
    modeB.setVisible(true);
    
ButtonGroup grp = new ButtonGroup();
    grp.add(modeA);
    grp.add(modeB);
    
JPanel togglePanel = new JPanel();
    togglePanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout (togglePanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
    togglePanel.add(modeA);
    togglePanel.add(modeB);
    
int hgap = 15;
int vgap = 15;
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT, hGap, vGap));
    mainPanel.setOpaque(false);
    mainPanel.add(label);
    mainPanel.add(togglePanel);

Expected result is,

enter image description here

both have not worked for me.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 52

Answers (1)

Gilbert Le Blanc
Gilbert Le Blanc

Reputation: 51445

When I ran your code, this is what your GUI looked like:

Original

With a few modifications, this is what I came up with:

Changed

I used @Progman's suggestion and put the text in an HTML table. And yes, I used a <br> to break the sentences into two lines.

Here's the complete runnable code.

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JRadioButton;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public class JRadioButtonExample implements Runnable {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new JRadioButtonExample());
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("JRadioButton Example");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        frame.add(createMainPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);

        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    private JPanel createMainPanel() {
        int hgap = 15;
        int vgap = 15;
        JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(
                new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT, hgap, vgap));

        JLabel label = new JLabel("Please select either of the modes:");
        label.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.RIGHT);
        label.setName("LABEL NAME");

        String text = "<html><table><tr><td>";
        text += "Mode A:</td><td>This sentence is really long";
        text += " and is expected<br>to be displayed in 2 or more lines.";
        text += "</td></tr></table></html>";

        JRadioButton modeA = new JRadioButton(text);
        modeA.setFocusPainted(false);
        modeA.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 0, 12, 0));
        modeA.setName("Mode_A");

        text = "<html><table><tr><td>";
        text += "Mode B:</td><td>This sentence is another example of a";
        text += " long string<br>and is expected to be displayed";
        text += " in 2 or more lines.";
        text += "</td></tr></table></html>";

        JRadioButton modeB = new JRadioButton(text);
        modeB.setFocusPainted(false);
        modeB.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(12, 0, 0, 0));
        modeB.setName("Mode_B");

        ButtonGroup grp = new ButtonGroup();
        grp.add(modeA);
        grp.add(modeB);

        JPanel togglePanel = new JPanel();
        togglePanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(togglePanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        togglePanel.add(modeA);
        togglePanel.add(modeB);

        mainPanel.add(label);
        mainPanel.add(togglePanel);

        return mainPanel;
    }

}

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions