When I try to use HTML with `JOptionPane`, HTML tags are printed instead of HTML formatting
For some weird reason when I try to use HTML with JOptionPane , HTML tags are printed instead of HTML formatting. String msg = "Please fix <HTML><BODY BGCOLOR=#FFCCCC>this</BODY></HTML>"; JLabel message = new JLabel(msg); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(MyApp.this, message, "Error!", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); and the output is: Please fix <HTML><BODY BGCOLOR=#FFCCCC>this</BODY></HTML> mre The entire string needs to be enclosed within the HTML tags. For example: button = new JButton("<html><b><u>T</u>wo</b><br>lines</html>"); For more information, see How to Use HTML in Swing Components . Also