I want to write a multiline text (3-4 lines is ok) on the bottom right corner of a JDesktopPane, how can I do this?
The text is not fixed, it can change every time i start the swing application but once the application is started it remains the same, I don't need to update from the application.
My first thought was to create an image, put it as background of the JDesktopPane and then write on it, but it doesn't seem a simple solution.
Thanks for the help.
Combining the examples seen here and here, the print()
method in the variation below illustrates using FontMetrics
to right justify multiple lines of text in the bottom, right corner of a JDesktopPane
.
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import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JDesktopPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JInternalFrame;
/** @see http://stackoverflow.com/a/45055215/230513 */
public class JDPTest extends JDesktopPane {
private MyFrame one = new MyFrame("One", 100, 100);
public JDPTest() {
this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(640, 480));
this.add(one);
}
@Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2d.setColor(Color.lightGray);
g2d.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
g2d.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g2d.setFont(new Font(Font.SERIF, Font.BOLD, 16));
print(g2d, 3, "Hello, world!");
print(g2d, 2, "This is a test.");
print(g2d, 1, "This is another test.");
print(g2d, 0, "This is still another test.");
}
private void print(Graphics2D g2d, int line, String s) {
FontMetrics fm = g2d.getFontMetrics();
int x = this.getWidth() - fm.stringWidth(s) - 5;
int y = this.getHeight() - fm.getDescent()
- line * (fm.getHeight() + fm.getLeading());
g2d.drawString(s, x, y);
}
private final class MyFrame extends JInternalFrame {
MyFrame(String name, int x, int y) {
super(name, true, true, true, true);
this.setSize(320, 240);
this.setLocation(x, y);
this.setVisible(true);
}
}
private void display() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("JDPTest");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.add(this);
f.pack();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
new JDPTest().display();
}
});
}
}
Use this example class.
The background if set will be scaled.
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.JDesktopPane;
public class MyDesktopPane extends JDesktopPane {
Image img;
public MyDesktopPane() {
super();
}
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
int width = this.getWidth();
int height = this.getHeight();
int infoWidth = 150;
int infoHeight = 100;
super.paintComponent(g);
// alpha
final Float alpha = new Float(0.9);
final Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.setComposite(makeComposite(alpha.floatValue()));
// draw bacground image is set
if (img != null) {
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, width, height, this);
}
//draw 3 line text in red reound rectangle
g.setColor(Color.RED);
g.fillRoundRect(width - infoWidth, height - infoHeight, infoWidth, infoHeight, 5, 5);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.drawString("Line 1", width - infoWidth + 5, height - infoHeight + 20);
g.drawString("Line 2", width - infoWidth + 5, height - infoHeight + 40);
g.drawString("Line 3", width - infoWidth + 5, height - infoHeight + 60);
}
public void setBackGroundImage(String path) {
try {
boolean file = new File(path).isFile();
if (file) {
img = javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(new FileInputStream(path));
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
this.repaint();
}
private AlphaComposite makeComposite(final float alpha) {
final int type = AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER;
return (AlphaComposite.getInstance(type, alpha));
}
}