Using Applet dimension to print center aligned text Example

This Java example shows how to print text in center of an applet window using

Dimension class.

import java.applet.Applet;

import java.awt.Dimension;

import java.awt.Font;

import java.awt.FontMetrics;

import java.awt.Graphics;

</applet>

public class AppletDimensionExample extends Applet{

public void paint(Graphics g){

int x,y;

String s = "Hello World";

//get applet size using getSize method

Dimension d = getSize();

Font f = new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,24);

g.setFont(f);

//determine x and y coordinates

FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();

x = d.width/2 - fm.stringWidth(s)/2;

y = d.height/2 - fm.getHeight();

//print string at specified location using drawString method

g.drawString(s,x,y);

}

Using Applet dimension to print center aligned text Example

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