How to get multiline text on progress bar

Question

Hi there,
I have to use Progress Bar and need to show text in multiline.
can anyone please suggest me how to achieve that.
Thanks,
Prashant

Answer 1

can u guys figure out what really i am missing here?A spoon-fed solution, I suppose. So enjoy:
// A JProgressBar with two lines of text.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.beans.*;
public class PB2Lines extends JPanel implements
                         ActionListener, PropertyChangeListener {
    private TwoLinesProgressBar progressBar;
    private JButton startButton;
    private Task task;
    class Task extends SwingWorker<Void, Void> {
        public Void doInBackground() {
            int progress = 0;
            //Initialize progress property.
            setProgress(0);
            while (progress < 100) {
                progress += 25;
                setProgress(progress);
          if (progress==25)
            progressBar.setString("Eggs|added");
          else if (progress==50)
            progressBar.setString("Sugar|added");
          else if (progress==75)
            progressBar.setString("Milk|added");
          else
            progressBar.setString("Everything|done");
                try {
                  Thread.sleep(500);
                } catch (InterruptedException ignore) {}
            return null;
        public void done() {
            Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
            startButton.setEnabled(true);
            setCursor(null); //turn off the wait cursor
    public PB2Lines() {
        super(new BorderLayout());
        //Create the demo's UI.
        startButton = new JButton("Start");
//        startButton.setActionCommand("start");
        startButton.addActionListener(this);
        progressBar = new TwoLinesProgressBar(0, 100);
        progressBar.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200,40));
        progressBar.setValue(0);
//        progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
        progressBar.setString("Progress|Bar");
        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.add(startButton);
        panel.add(progressBar);
        add(panel, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
        setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20, 20, 20, 20));
     * Invoked when the user presses the start button.
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
        startButton.setEnabled(false);
        setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));
        task = new Task();
        task.addPropertyChangeListener(this);
        task.execute();
     * Invoked when task's progress property changes.
    public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
        if ("progress" == evt.getPropertyName()) {
            int progress = (Integer) evt.getNewValue();
            progressBar.setValue(progress);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
               JFrame frame = new JFrame("ProgressBar with 2 lines");
               frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
               JComponent newContentPane = new PB2Lines();
               newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
               frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
               frame.pack();
               frame.setVisible(true);
  class TwoLinesProgressBar extends JProgressBar {
    public TwoLinesProgressBar(int min, int max) {
      super(min, max);
    private int getXofCenteredString(String s) {
      int ix= getFontMetrics(getFont()).stringWidth(s);
      return (getWidth()-ix)/2;
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
      super.paintComponent(g);
      int i= getString().indexOf('|');
      String s= getString().substring(0,i);
      int ix= getXofCenteredString(s);
      g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
      g.drawString(s, ix,15);
      s= getString().substring(i+1);
      ix= getXofCenteredString(s);
      g.drawString(s, ix,35);
}