Icon position in JButton

Question

Is there any posibility of changing Icon image posintion in JButton?

This is how it looks now:

I want to move the icon more to the left.

I have tried to change the text alignment but it doesn't work as I want:

myButton.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.RIGHT);

Answer 1

Have a look at JButton.setHorizontalAlignment(int align)

Sets the horizontal alignment of the icon and text. AbstractButton's default is SwingConstants.CENTER, but subclasses such as JCheckBox may use a different default.

you can set:

• SwingConstants.RIGHT
• SwingConstants.LEFT
• SwingConstants.CENTER
• SwingConstants.LEADING
• SwingConstants.TRAILING

Answer 2

You can change the gap of the space between the icon and text with setIconTextGap(int). In addition, aligning the contents of the JButton towards the left may help with setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT).