I need to construct a marquee in java application. I thought that a JLabel is a good control to work with. I have done something with horizontal marquee label but making it vertical isn't so easy for me.
You can use a JPanel with a JLabel inside to marque using the class below
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Point;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class MarqeuePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable
{
private boolean IsStoped = false;
private JLabel label;
public MarqeuePanel(Dimension d,Point p,String text)
{
super();
label = new JLabel();
label.setText(text);
add(label);
setSize(d);
setOpaque(false);
setBackground(new Color(0,0,0,0));
label.setLocation(0,this.getSize().height);
Thread t = new Thread(this);
t.start();
}
@Override
public void run()
{
//Marqueue
label.setLocation(0,this.getSize().height);
while(!IsStoped)
{
if(label.getLocation().y < -label.getSize().height)
{
label.setLocation(0,this.getSize().height);
}
else
{
int x = 0;
int y = label.getLocation().y - 1;
label.setLocation(x,y);
}
try{Thread.sleep(30);}catch(Exception exc){}
}
}
public void StopMarque()
{
IsStoped = true;
}
}
Just careful if you need New Lines ,you can use tag's