Java center text in rectangle
I use drawString() method to draw string using Graphics, but I want to center my text in a rectangle. How should I do that? I've used this to center text on a JPanel Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g; FontMetrics fm = g2d.getFontMetrics(); Rectangle2D r = fm.getStringBounds(stringTime, g2d); int x = (this.getWidth() - (int) r.getWidth()) / 2; int y = (this.getHeight() - (int) r.getHeight()) / 2 + fm.getAscent(); g.drawString(stringTime, x, y); Centering text has a lot of "options". Do you center absolutely or based on the base line?? Personally, I prefer the absolute center position, but it