JavaFX: Label: Align label text

By using 'setTextAlignment' method, you can change the position of the label content within its layout area.

Signature of 'setTextAlignment' method

public final void setTextAlignment(TextAlignment value)

TestAlignment is an enum type with below values.

Alignment value	Description
LEFT	Represents text alignment to the left
CENTER	Represents centered text alignment
RIGHT	Represents text alignment to the right
JUSTIFY	Represents justified text alignment.

Ex

Label label1 = new Label("Hello World");

label1.setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.JUSTIFY);

label1.setWrapText(true);

LabelApp.java

package com.sample.demos;

import static javafx.geometry.Pos.CENTER;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.text.TextAlignment;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class LabelApp extends Application {

 @Override
 public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws FileNotFoundException {
  Label label1 = new Label("Hello World");
  label1.setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.JUSTIFY);
  label1.setWrapText(true);
 
  VBox vBox = new VBox(10, label1);
  vBox.setAlignment(CENTER);

  Scene scene = new Scene(vBox, 200, 200);

  /* Set the scene to primaryStage, and call the show method */
  primaryStage.setTitle("JavaFX Label Example");
  primaryStage.setScene(scene);
  primaryStage.show();
 }

}

TestFX.java

package com.sample.demos;

import javafx.application.Application;

public class TestFX {
 public static void main(String args[]) {
  Application.launch(LabelApp.class, args);
 }
}

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