Multi-line Labels in Swing 1.1?

Question

Hi
Is it possible to get multi-line labels
(using any type of component) prior
to 1.1.1?
Marc

Answer 1

I think you should create a custom table cell renderer. As I am a lazy one I'd subclass a default renderer as follows (I have not tried it, it's just a clue):
public class MultilineTableCellRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer
     private JTextArea renderer;
     public MultilineTableCellRenderer()
          renderer = new JTextArea();
          renderer.setEnabled(false);
          // You should find out another color constant if you are using
          // Java L&F, this works with the Windows L&F.
          renderer.setDisabledTextColor(UIManager.getColor("control"));
     public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table,
          Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus, int row,
          int column)
          JComponent compo = (JComponent) super.getTableCellRendererComponent(
               table, value, isSelected, cellHasFocus, row, column);
          renderer.setBackground(compo.getBackground());
          renderer.setForeground(compo.getForeground());
          renderer.setDisabledTextColor(compo.getForeground());
          renderer.setBorder(compo.getBorder());
          // Might need something like that.
          /* renderer.setText(value.toString() ???); */
          return renderer;
}You might want to stub out methods like repaint, validate for better performance in a JTextArea subclass...
Kurta