Get string Width for certain string value in Java
Description
The following code shows how to get string Width for certain string value.
Example
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Graphics;
//ww w . ja va2s .c om
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
class MyCanvas extends JComponent {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
String msgs = "java2s.com";
FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
int x = (getSize().width - fm.stringWidth(msgs)) / 2;
int y = fm.getHeight();
g.drawString(msgs, x, y);
}
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] a) {
JFrame window = new JFrame();
window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
window.setBounds(30, 30, 450, 450);
window.getContentPane().add(new MyCanvas());
window.setVisible(true);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.