Set the alignment of the JLabel content along the X axis on the right in Java

To set the alignment of the label’s content along the X axis on the right, use the setHorizontalAlignment() method and set the location. Let us first set a label component. We have set the label background color as well so that we can check the alignment of the label’s content properly −

JLabel label = new JLabel("Stationery"); label.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(190, 100)); label.setOpaque(true); label.setBackground(Color.GREEN); label.setForeground(Color.WHITE);

Now, we will align the label content along the X axis on the top by seeting location as RIGHT −

label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.RIGHT);

The following is an example: to set the alignment of the label content along the X axis on the right −

Example

package my; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.awt.Font; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.WindowConstants; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       JFrame frame = new JFrame("Frame");       frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());       JLabel label = new JLabel("Stationery");       label.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(190, 100));       label.setOpaque(true);       label.setBackground(Color.GREEN);       label.setForeground(Color.WHITE);       Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 18);       label.setFont(font);       label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.RIGHT);       JTextArea text = new JTextArea();       text.setText("Pen and Pencil");       font = new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 13);       text.setFont(font);       frame.add(label);       frame.add(text);       frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);       frame.setSize(500, 300);       frame.setVisible(true);    } }

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