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Get or Set Gap Between JLabel's Icon and Text Example

  1. /*
  2.         Get or Set Gap Between JLabel's Icon and Text Example
  3.         This java example shows how to get gap between JLabel's icon and text  
  4.         using Java Swing JLabel class.
  5. */
  6.  
  7.  
  8. import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
  9. import javax.swing.JApplet;
  10. import javax.swing.JLabel;
  11.  
  12. /*
  13. <applet code="JLabelGapBetweenTextAndIconExample" width=200 height=200>
  14. </applet>
  15. */
  16.  
  17. public class JLabelGapBetweenTextAndIconExample extends JApplet{
  18.        
  19.         public void init(){
  20.                
  21.                 //create ImageIcon
  22.                 ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("images/copy.gif");
  23.                
  24.                 //create JLabel
  25.                 JLabel copyLabel = new JLabel("Copy", icon, JLabel.CENTER);
  26.                 add(copyLabel);
  27.                 /*
  28.                  * To determine gap between Icon and Text use,
  29.                  * int getIconTextGap()
  30.                  * method.
  31.                  *
  32.                  * Return value is the number of pixels between
  33.                  * icon and text.
  34.                  *
  35.                  * Default gap between JLabel's text and Icon is
  36.                  * 4 pixels.
  37.                  */
  38.                
  39.                 int gap = copyLabel.getIconTextGap();
  40.                
  41.                 /*
  42.                  * To set gap between JLabel's icon and text, use
  43.                  * void setIconTextGap(int gap)
  44.                  * method.
  45.                  *
  46.                  * where gap is number of pixels.
  47.                  */
  48.                
  49.                 copyLabel.setIconTextGap(50);
  50.                                
  51.         }
  52.        
  53. }

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