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.

Get string Width for certain string value in Java




















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