MultiLineLabel in GenericDialog

Posted by Stephan Preibisch on May 08, 2014; 5:38pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/MultiLineLabel-in-GenericDialog-tp5007637.html

Hi everyone,

I want to use a MultiLineLabel to display text in a GenericDialog. Using a listener I want to change that comment (the MultiLineLabel) depending on a choice in one of the other elements. However, there is no method to set the text of the MultiLineLabel.

Until now, I used a Label, where after adding the message " " to the GenericDialog, I changed the text which then contains "\n"'s before calling showDialog(). This way I got a Label which has multiple lines and a setText() method that I can call from the Listener. I just recently figured out that this works only under Mac, not Windows and Linux. Bummer.

Is there any way to set the text of a MultiLineLabel without using reflections?
Alternatively, I could use multiple normal Labels, but then the distance between them is far too large, it does not look like a block.

If this all doesn't work, I will extend the MultiLineLabel class and add it as my own element. But if there is a more elegant way would be nice.

Thanks a lot,
Stephan
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Dr. Stephan Preibisch
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Robert H. Singer / Eugene Myers lab

Albert Einstein College of Medicine / HHMI Janelia Farm / MPI-CBG

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