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Centering Text in java
In this example we are write a text at the center of
window in
java using font metrics. In this we are using Graphics class and
Applet class.
void draw Centered String (String s, int h, int w, Graphics g); This
method is used to write text at center.
g.draw String (s ,curX, curY); is use for draw
string
Font metrics use for mainly two purpose
first is to determine the spacing between line of text and the second is
to determine the length of the string.
Here first we are importing two packages. Then
after we have write applet tag into comments. In this tag we have pass
three arguments code ,height and width. The code attribute is used
to call the applet class. And Height , width is used for Sizing the
window.
Here is an example that centers text,
left to right, top to bottom, in a window .Font metrics is use to
determine the assent, descent, and the width of the string and
compute the position at which it must be displayed to be
center.
//Centering text
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
/*<applet code="CenteringText" width=200 hight=100>
</applet>
*/
public class CenteringText extends Applet
{
final Font f=new Font("SanfAerif",Font.ITALIC,20);
public void paint(Graphics g)
{
Dimension d=this.getSize();
g.setFont (f);
g.setColor(Color.green);
drawCenteredString("This is centered string.",d.width,d.height,g);
}
public void drawCenteredString(String s,int h,int w,Graphics g)
{
FontMetrics fm=g.getFontMetrics();
int X=(w-fm.stringWidth(s))/2;
int Y=(fm.getAscent()+(h-fm.getAscent()+(fm.getDescent()))/2);
g.drawString(s,X,Y);
}}
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