Java Glossary : Label

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Label

java.awt.Label is a component used to display decorative text on the screen to label some other component. The user cannot ever modify the text, unlike Textfields. In AWT you use Label, in Swing JLabel. Layout managers shift Labels about just like other components. In contrast text refers to the text inside a component. End users don't typically modify labels. For data entry use TextFields or text boxes. Note that you do not need repaint after a setText on a Label. Putting \n in the label text won't give you a multiline label. You must use a javax.swing.JLabel. You feed it HTML containing a <br>. Similarly if you want to decorate your labels with images, you must use JLabel.

documentation on Label : available:

on the web at java.Sun.com
on J: in the JDK 1.4.2_04: J:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\docs\api\java\awt\Label.html
on J: in the JDK 1.5 beta: J:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk1.5.0\docs\api\java\awt\Label.html

AWT ¤ JLabel ¤ JTextField ¤ Swing ¤ TextField

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