using JLabel as link to open popup

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How to add hyperlink in JLabel

I am using "JLabel" to display a paragraph, I need to make some part of that paragraph as link that will open a new popup, kindly tell me how to do this, e.g.

this is ABC application and here is the introduction of the app:
  this is line one
  this is line two
  this is line three

Here I have to make the word "two" as a click-able link to open a popup.

Answer 1

I personally would recommend the use of a JEditorPane instead of a JPanel; it is much more useful for displaying paragraphs, and can display HTML, such as links. You can then simply call addHyperlinkListener(Some hyperlinklistener) to add a listener, which will be called upon someone clicking the link. You can just pop something up, or maybe open whatever was clicked in a real browser, its up to you.

Here's some example code (haven't test it yet, should work):

JEditorPane ep = new JEditorPane("text/html", "Some HTML code will go here. You can have <a href=\"do1\">links</a> in it. Or other <a href=\"do2\">links</a>.");
ep.addHyperlinkListener(new HyperlinkListener() {
         public void hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent arg0) {
            String data = arg0.getDescription();
            if(data.equals("do1")) {
                //do something here
            }
            if(data.equals("do2")) {
                //do something else here
            }
        }
    });