Java JButton formatButtonAsLabel(JButton button)

Description

Formats a JButton as a JLabel.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
button	The button. Some makeup is made to the button, so it will look as a good old JLabel component.

Declaration

public static void formatButtonAsLabel(JButton button) 

Method Source Code

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import java.awt.Insets;

import javax.swing.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Formats a JButton as a JLabel. In some cases, I just want the a
     * JButton component to act as a JLabel, so this method does this
     * for me.
     *
     * @param button The button. Some makeup is made to the button, so
     * it will look as a good old JLabel component.
     */
    public static void formatButtonAsLabel(JButton button) {

        // disable focus paint
        button.setFocusPainted(false);

        // redefine margins
        button.setMargin(new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0));

        // disable content area fill
        button.setContentAreaFilled(false);

        // disable border paint
        button.setBorderPainted(false);

        // disable property
        button.setOpaque(false);
    }
}

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