StyledLabel to simulate hyperlinks

[syntevo_tom]

Currently, we are using JLabel with HTML text as table cell renderer to create hyperlinks. Unfortunately, this is quite buggy (under certain conditions the one line of text is rendered in multiple lines making it unreadable in a fixed-row-size table).

Using a blue color and underlining is simple to achieve with a StyledLabel, but how to detect the style at a certain location (x-position) to change the cursor when the user hovers with the mouse over such a simulated link?

Thanks in advance.

Tom

[JIDE Support]

I'm afraid there is no easy way for you to get the X-position in a StyledLabel. It's hidden in a painting method. To solve the issue, is it possible for you to renderer the cell with a JPanel containing several pieces of JLabels so you will be able to know which JLabel represents the simulated link. In that way, you could easily add mouse motion listener over that specific JLabel.

Thanks,

[syntevo_tom]

Thanks for the answer, although I must admit that I had the hope to get a different one.