Swing JLabel text change on the running application

Question

I have a Swing window which contains a button a text box and a JLabel named as flag. According to the input after I click the button, the label should change from flag to some value.

How to achieve this in the same window?

Answer 1

Use setText(str) method of JLabel to dynamically change text displayed. In actionPerform of button write this:

jLabel.setText("new Value");

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A simple demo code will be:

    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Demo");
    frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setSize(250,100);

    final JLabel label = new JLabel("flag");
    JButton button = new JButton("Change flag");
    button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
            label.setText("new value");
        }
    });

    frame.add(label, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    frame.add(button, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    frame.setVisible(true);