Tab character in JPanel string

[Alan Drennan]

If I include a tab charater in a JPanel's String parameter, it does not display.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class demo extends JApplet {
JPanel numBar = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEADING));
...

public void init(){
JApplet myApp = new JApplet();
...
getContentPane().add(sumBar);
...
String str = "xxx" + '\t' + "zzz";
JLabel msg1 = new JLabel(str, JLabel.LEADING);
msg1.setOpaque(false);
msg1.setForeground(fg);
numBar.setBackground(bg);
numBar.add(msg1);

}
}

The JLabel displays "xxxzzz", instead of "xxx zzz"

What am I doing wrong?

[Fahd Shariff]

Yes JLabel does not render tab characters properly. You will need to override the paint method of JLabel to handle this. Or the second option is to replace your \t characters with spaces.