JLabel with multiple lines and alignment to the right

Question

I searched through many posts and figured out that JLabel supports HTML. So I can do

JLabel search  = new JLabel(\"Search


        

Answer 1

Non-breaking spaces ( ) are supported:

new JLabel("Search
       By:");

If you want to have real right-alignment, use individual right-aligned labels and combine them:

JLabel search = new JLabel("Search", SwingConstants.RIGHT);
JLabel by = new JLabel("By:", SwingConstants.RIGHT);

JPanel combined = new JPanel();
combined.setOpaque(false);
combined.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1));
combined.add(search);
combined.add(by);

or use a read-only JTextPane instead (with \n for line breaks):

JTextPane text = new JTextPane();

SimpleAttributeSet attributes = new SimpleAttributeSet();
StyleConstants.setAlignment(attributes, StyleConstants.ALIGN_RIGHT);
StyleConstants.setFontFamily(attributes, "Default");
text.setParagraphAttributes(attributes, true);
text.setEditable(false);
text.setOpaque(false);
text.setText("Search\nBy:");