Create button with image and text - Java Swing

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Description

Create button with image and text

Demo Code

import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

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 * ButtonDemo.java requires the following files:
 *   images/right.gif
 *   images/middle.gif
 *   images/left.gif
 */
public class ButtonDemo extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
    protected JButton b1, b2, b3;

    public ButtonDemo() {
        ImageIcon leftButtonIcon = createImageIcon("images/right.gif");
        ImageIcon middleButtonIcon = createImageIcon("images/middle.gif");
        ImageIcon rightButtonIcon = createImageIcon("images/left.gif");

        b1 = new JButton("Disable middle button", leftButtonIcon);
        b1.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
        b1.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.LEADING); //aka LEFT, for left-to-right locales
        b1.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_D);
        b1.setActionCommand("disable");

        b2 = new JButton("Middle button", middleButtonIcon);
        b2.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
        b2.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
        b2.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_M);

        b3 = new JButton("Enable middle button", rightButtonIcon);
        //Use the default text position of CENTER, TRAILING (RIGHT).
        b3.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_E);
        b3.setActionCommand("enable");
        b3.setEnabled(false);

        //Listen for actions on buttons 1 and 3.
        b1.addActionListener(this);
        b3.addActionListener(this);

        b1.setToolTipText("Click this button to disable the middle button.");
        b2.setToolTipText("This middle button does nothing when you click it.");
        b3.setToolTipText("Click this button to enable the middle button.");

        //Add Components to this container, using the default FlowLayout.
        add(b1);
        add(b2);
        add(b3);
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if ("disable".equals(e.getActionCommand())) {
            b2.setEnabled(false);
            b1.setEnabled(false);
            b3.setEnabled(true);
        } else {
            b2.setEnabled(true);
            b1.setEnabled(true);
            b3.setEnabled(false);
        }
    }

    /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */
    protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
        java.net.URL imgURL = ButtonDemo.class.getResource(path);
        if (imgURL != null) {
            return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
        } else {
            System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create the GUI and show it.  For thread safety, 
     * this method should be invoked from the 
     * event-dispatching thread.
     */
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {

        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("ButtonDemo");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Create and set up the content pane.
        ButtonDemo newContentPane = new ButtonDemo();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
        frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);

        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }
}

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