Java Swing JLabel

Overview

In this tutorial, we will learn about the Java Swing JLabel class. A label is a GUI component that is used as a display area for short text or an image or both. The Swing label does not react to user input events.

Swing JLabel

We can create a label using the JLabel class. We can import the class using the following statement:

import javax.swing.JLabel;

To create a label, we need to instantiate the class. For example,

JLabel label = new JLabel(“Java Swing Tutorial”,JLabel.CENTER);

Java Program

package com.testingdocs.swing.components;

/**********************************************
 * FileName: JLabelDemo.java
 * Package : com.testingdocs.swing.components
 * 
 * Java Tutorials - www.TestingDocs.com
 **********************************************/

import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class JLabelDemo {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
 //Create a Label GUI component
 JLabel label = new JLabel("Java Swing Tutorials",JLabel.CENTER);
 //Create a Frame
 JFrame frame = new JFrame("JLabel - www.TestingDocs.com");
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 frame.setSize(500,500);
 //add the label GUI component
 frame.getContentPane().add(label); 
 frame.setVisible(true);
 }
 }

Sample Swing program