uk.ac.starlink.table.gui

Class CustomLabelUI

java.lang.Object

javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI

javax.swing.plaf.LabelUI

javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicLabelUI

uk.ac.starlink.table.gui.CustomLabelUI

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyChangeListener, EventListener

public class CustomLabelUI
extends BasicLabelUI

An implementation of the (Basic)LabelUI for overriding JLabel formatting in the cells of JTables. This is used to change the location of the ellipsis when a string is rendered in a cell that cannot fit. By default, the ellipsis is always at the end of the string, but this class instead places the ellipsis in the middle of the string.

Since:

03 Feb 2026

Author:

Fergus Baker

See Also:

BasicLabelUI

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicLabelUI

labelUI

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CustomLabelUI()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static CustomLabelUI	createUI(JComponent c) Implicit constructor, called by Swing with a particular component in order to have something for drawing labels to the screen.
String	getText() Returns the text displayed in the label.
protected String	layoutCL(JLabel label, FontMetrics fontMetrics, String text, Icon icon, Rectangle viewR, Rectangle iconR, Rectangle textR)

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicLabelUI

getBaseline, getBaselineResizeBehavior, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getPreferredSize, installComponents, installDefaults, installKeyboardActions, installListeners, installUI, paint, paintDisabledText, paintEnabledText, propertyChange, uninstallComponents, uninstallDefaults, uninstallKeyboardActions, uninstallListeners, uninstallUI

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI

contains, getAccessibleChild, getAccessibleChildrenCount, update

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CustomLabelUI

public CustomLabelUI()

Method Detail

createUI

public static CustomLabelUI createUI(JComponent c)

Implicit constructor, called by Swing with a particular component in order to have something for drawing labels to the screen.

getText

public String getText()

Returns the text displayed in the label.

Returns:

String

layoutCL

protected String layoutCL(JLabel label,
                          FontMetrics fontMetrics,
                          String text,
                          Icon icon,
                          Rectangle viewR,
                          Rectangle iconR,
                          Rectangle textR)

Overrides:

layoutCL in class BasicLabelUI