javajpaneljlabeltext-alignment

Align text in JLabel to the right

I have a JPanel with some JLabel added with the add() method of JPanel. I want to align the JLabel to the right like the image below but I don't know how to do that. Any Idea? Thanks!

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Solution

  • This can be done in two ways.

    JLabel Horizontal Alignment

    You can use the JLabel constructor:

    JLabel(String text, int horizontalAlignment)

    To align to the right:

    JLabel label = new JLabel("Telephone", SwingConstants.RIGHT);

    JLabel also has setHorizontalAlignment:

    label.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.RIGHT);

    This assumes the component takes up the whole width in the container.

    Using Layout

    A different approach is to use the layout to actually align the component to the right, whilst ensuring they do not take the whole width. Here is an example with BoxLayout:

        Box box = Box.createVerticalBox();
    JLabel label1 = new JLabel("test1, the beginning");
    label1.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
    box.add(label1);

    JLabel label2 = new JLabel("test2, some more");
    label2.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
    box.add(label2);

    JLabel label3 = new JLabel("test3");
    label3.setAlignmentX(Component.RIGHT_ALIGNMENT);
    box.add(label3);


    add(box);