How to add empty border to a JButton in Java?

To add empty border to a component, use the BorderFactory class createEmptyBorder() method −

Border emptyBorder = BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 0, 0);

To set the above border to a component, use the setBorder() method −

JButton button = new JButton("Empty Border"); button.setBorder(emptyBorder);

The following is an example to ad empty border to a JButton −

Example

package my; import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Container; import javax.swing.BorderFactory; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.border.Border; import javax.swing.border.SoftBevelBorder; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String args[]) {       JFrame frame = new JFrame("Demo");       frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);       Border raisedBorder = new SoftBevelBorder(SoftBevelBorder.RAISED, Color.GREEN, Color.GREEN.darker(),       Color.MAGENTA, Color.magenta.brighter());       Border raisedBorder2 = new SoftBevelBorder(SoftBevelBorder.RAISED);       Border loweredBorder = new SoftBevelBorder(SoftBevelBorder.LOWERED, Color.ORANGE, Color.YELLOW.darker(),       Color.BLUE, Color.yellow.brighter());       Border emptyBorder = BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 0, 0);       JButton raisedButton = new JButton("Raised Border");       raisedButton.setBorder(raisedBorder);       JButton loweredButton = new JButton("Lowered Border");       loweredButton.setBorder(loweredBorder);       JLabel raisedLabel = new JLabel("Raised Border");       raisedLabel.setBorder(raisedBorder2);       JButton button = new JButton("Empty Border");       button.setBorder(emptyBorder);       Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();       contentPane.add(raisedButton,BorderLayout.WEST);       contentPane.add(loweredButton,BorderLayout.EAST);       contentPane.add(raisedLabel,BorderLayout.CENTER);       contentPane.add(button,BorderLayout.NORTH);       frame.setSize(600, 300);       frame.setVisible(true);    } }

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