Chat server change font tb

Question

I have created a chat server and have included a change font button where you can go in and select from the list of fonts colours and sizes and set them for the font to change.
My question is can i get a list of fonts and colours to choose from or do I need to write them in an array string and somehow assign each one to the correct font/colour/size?
Thanks

Answer 1

I made you a small example:import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Test extends JFrame {
    private JComboBox faceBox;
    private JComboBox colourBox;
    private JComboBox sizeBox;
    private JLabel exampleLabel;
    public Test () {
        ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener () {
            public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent event) {
                updateExampleLabel ();
        faceBox = new JComboBox (getFaces ());
        faceBox.addActionListener (actionListener);
        colourBox = new JComboBox (getColours ());
        colourBox.addActionListener (actionListener);
        sizeBox = new JComboBox (getSizes ());
        sizeBox.addActionListener (actionListener);
        exampleLabel = new JLabel ();
        exampleLabel.setHorizontalAlignment (SwingConstants.CENTER);
        exampleLabel.setPreferredSize (new Dimension (400, 200));
        JPanel boxesPanel = new JPanel (new GridLayout (1, 3));
        boxesPanel.add (new TitledPanel (faceBox, "Font"));
        boxesPanel.add (new TitledPanel (colourBox, "Colour"));
        boxesPanel.add (new TitledPanel (sizeBox, "Size"));
        getContentPane ().setLayout (new BorderLayout ());
        getContentPane ().add (exampleLabel);
        getContentPane ().add (boxesPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        setDefaultCloseOperation (EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setTitle ("Font test");
        updateExampleLabel ();
        pack ();
        setLocationRelativeTo (null);
        show ();
    private Face[] getFaces () {
        Font[] fonts = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment ().getAllFonts ();
        Face[] faces = new Face[fonts.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < faces.length; i ++) {
            faces[i] = new Face (fonts);
return faces;
private Colour[] getColours () {
return new Colour[] {
new Colour (Color.BLACK, "Black"),
new Colour (Color.BLUE, "Blue"),
new Colour (Color.GREEN, "Green"),
new Colour (Color.ORANGE, "Orange"),
new Colour (Color.RED, "Red"),
new Colour (Color.WHITE, "White"),
new Colour (Color.YELLOW, "Yellow")
private Size[] getSizes () {
int lower = 10;
int upper = 36;
Size[] sizes = new Size[(upper - lower) / 2 + 1];
for (int i = 0; i < sizes.length; i ++) {
sizes[i] = new Size (lower + i * 2);
return sizes;
private void updateExampleLabel () {
Face face = (Face) faceBox.getSelectedItem ();
Colour colour = (Colour) colourBox.getSelectedItem ();
Size size = (Size) sizeBox.getSelectedItem ();
exampleLabel.setText ("Font: " + face + ", colour: " + colour + ", size: " + size);
exampleLabel.setFont (face.getFont ().deriveFont (size.getSize ()));
exampleLabel.setForeground (colour.getColour ());
private class Face {
private Font font;
public Face (Font font) {
this.font = font;
public Font getFont () {
return font;
public String toString () {
return font.getName ();
private class Colour {
private Color colour;
private String name;
public Colour (Color colour, String name) {
this.colour = colour;
this.name = name;
public Color getColour () {
return colour;
public String toString () {
return name;
private class Size {
private float size;
public Size (float size) {
this.size = size;
public float getSize () {
return size;
public String toString () {
return String.valueOf ((int) size);
private class TitledPanel extends JPanel {
public TitledPanel (JComponent component, String title) {
setBorder (BorderFactory.createTitledBorder (title));
setLayout (new BorderLayout ());
add (component);
public static void main (String[] parameters) {
new Test ();
}Swing experts will slag me off because I'd rather create a class than set a renderer, but that's their problem, I suppose.
Kind regards,
  Levi