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I have a requirement like..
i will have a JCheckbox having a component. That means i have some text next to my checkbox, which have some part in normal text and some part in bold.
can i achive this requirement. Please reply me if anyone knows about this problem.

I checked with all constructors, but all of them are taking string, not a component. I think if it takes a component, then we can achieve the requirement.
 
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You can set the text of the JCheckBox to show the text. Like many Swing components it has limited HTML support in its text. For example:
As soon as your text starts with <html> it will be treated as HTML.

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Hello Prime,

Thanks for your answer. The solution worked. Can i achieve it without html tags. Because in my requirement, i am displaying all these check boxes with names in a fixed width columns. If the checkbox label exceeds the width limit, It will show the label with ellipses and mouse hovering on the label will show the entire label as a tooltip. If i use html tags for displaying some of the text in bold, its not displaying the ellipses, instead it displaying the whole label in multiple rows. So can i have solution without html tags.

Thanks in Advance,
Sravanthi
 
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if you already have a component that displays "which have some part in normal text and some part in bold"
just create a JCheckBox (no text), then add that checkbox to a JPanel, and your component to the panel,
using an appropriate layoutManager to display them side-by-side
 
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i tried doing this , but it is loosing the feature of showing ellipses if the text size is more than the column width in which it is displaying. Please suggest me solution for this.
 
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> Please suggest me solution for this.

I can't - I do not know what component you are using to display your bold/normal text.

post the code you have tried
 
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in the above code if we comment adding one of the label, it will show the label in ellipses, if it is exceeding the width of the pane. but i wanted to display these 2 labels side by side and if it exceeds the length of the pane, it should display in ellipses. Please let me know if you understand the problem correctly.
 
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How about you UseCodeTags? Use the edit button to add them.

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try this

 
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Hello Dunn,

Thanks for your answer, but here first label is also showing ellipses. Since we are showing these 2 labels as part of Checkbox, it should appear like a single label. we should not show ellipses in the middle of 2 labels. and if combination of the both the labels size increased, we have to show ellipses only at the end.

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> but here first label is also showing ellipses

only because of the layoutManger I used.

I've shown you the basics, now experiment with the various other layoutManagers to get the effect you're after
 
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Sorry for asking again..
i tried with GridBagLayout by using GridBagLayoutConstaints. But still could not achive the requirement. Please help me.
 
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