Thread: Rainbow colored text in Swing

Hi there.

I want to display text in a swing panel, problem is, each word is supposed to have a different color.
I know that I could use a JLabel and use HTML-input into that label. I would really like not to have to do this though.
For one, my words might include < and/or > signs. Furthermore some of the words are user input and a mischievous user might enter HTML-code to screw with the interface.
Another thing is, that this big HTML input is not as easy to maintain then having a simpler API. All I need is some color.

So, if there is any alternative to this, I would really appreciate if anybody could point me in the right direction.

This sounds great, thank you very much.

Lets assume I know beforehand how many words its going to be, they are all aligned in a single line and I also know the color for each of these.
Which of the alternatives you have listed would you suggest is the best for the task? Can you give me any kind of pro-contra-list for these?

Thanks again.

I need to use it as a TreeCellRenderer.
I think I will go with the JPanels. Seems rather simple compared to the JTextPane API. And I guess it also has better performance for my simple use-case.

Thank you again.