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Java Examples - display text in a rectangle.
Problem Description:
How to display string in a rectangle?
Solution:
Following example demonstrates how to display each character in a rectangle by drawing a rectangle around each character using drawRect() method.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*
public class Main extends JPanel {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.setFont(new Font("",0,100));
FontMetrics fm = getFontMetrics(new Font("",0,100));
String s = "message";
int x = 5;
int y = 5;
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
char c = s.charAt(i);
int h = fm.getHeight();
int w = fm.charWidth(c);
g.drawRect(x, y, w, h);
g.drawString(String.valueOf(c), x, y + h);
x = x + w;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setContentPane(new Main());
frame.setSize(500, 700);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
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Result:
The above code sample will produce the following result.
Each character is displayed in a rectangle.
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