Labels and Buttons
Label and Button are the simplest AWT components. Labels and buttons both display text—the difference is that buttons typically have a 3D border, and you can activate a button, which should initiate an action of some sort.
java.awt.Label
A Label is a simple textual label that doesn't do much; in fact a label doesn't do anything other than display text. You can set the component properties of a label, its foreground and background colors, font, cursor, etc.[1]
[1] This is true, of course, for all extensions of java.awt.Component, so we will not mention the fact for any subsequent components we discuss.
Since a label can be resized to be bigger than the text it displays, it comes with the ability to set its alignment—you can display ...
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