Multiple Objects in a table cell with different justifications.

Question

Morning,

Answer 1

Another approach can be to wrap the icon in a "lying" icon that lies about its width and paints the wrapped icon at the left of the label.
Example code (resize the JFrame to see the alignment)import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.*;
public class LeftIconCenterText {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        new LeftIconCenterText().makeUI();
  public void makeUI() {
    JLabel north = new JLabel("North", testIcon, JLabel.CENTER);
    JLabel center = new JLabel("Center", new LyingIcon(testIcon), JLabel.CENTER);
    JLabel south = new JLabel("This one has a long text", new LyingIcon(testIcon), JLabel.CENTER);
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setSize(400, 400);
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    frame.add(north, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    frame.add(center, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    frame.add(south, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
  Icon testIcon = new Icon() {
    final int SIZE = 16;
    @Override
    public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y) {
      g.setColor(Color.RED);
      g.fillRect(x, y, SIZE, SIZE);
    @Override
    public int getIconWidth() {
      return SIZE;
    @Override
    public int getIconHeight() {
      return SIZE;
class LyingIcon implements Icon {
  Icon icon;
  public LyingIcon(Icon icon) {
    this.icon = icon;
  @Override
  public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y) {
    icon.paintIcon(c, g, ((JComponent)c).getInsets().left, y);
  @Override
  public int getIconWidth() {
    return 0;
  @Override
  public int getIconHeight() {
    return icon.getIconHeight();
}db