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Asked: 2026-05-11T04:23:44+00:00

What is the best way to add a hyperlink in a JLabel? I can

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What is the best way to add a hyperlink in a JLabel? I can get the view using html tags, but how to open the browser when the user clicks on it?

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  1. You can do this using a JLabel, but an alternative would be to style a JButton. That way, you don’t have to worry about accessibility and can just fire events using an ActionListener.

      public static void main(String[] args) throws URISyntaxException {     final URI uri = new URI('http://java.sun.com');     class OpenUrlAction implements ActionListener {       @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {         open(uri);       }     }     JFrame frame = new JFrame('Links');     frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);     frame.setSize(100, 400);     Container container = frame.getContentPane();     container.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());     JButton button = new JButton();     button.setText('<HTML>Click the <FONT color=\'#000099\'><U>link</U></FONT>'         + ' to go to the Java website.</HTML>');     button.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);     button.setBorderPainted(false);     button.setOpaque(false);     button.setBackground(Color.WHITE);     button.setToolTipText(uri.toString());     button.addActionListener(new OpenUrlAction());     container.add(button);     frame.setVisible(true);   }    private static void open(URI uri) {     if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {       try {         Desktop.getDesktop().browse(uri);       } catch (IOException e) { /* TODO: error handling */ }     } else { /* TODO: error handling */ }   }
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