Java Program: This program creates a JLabel with a HyperLink. If you click on this link, a browser will open with the adress embeded.

[sourcecode language='java']

package javaapplicationmodels;
 
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
 
public class JLabelLink extends JFrame {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

public JLabelLink() {
  super() ;
  setTitle( “Click on the JLabel to start the webpage.” ) ;
  setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE ) ;
              
     JPanel pane = new JPanel();
     setContentPane(pane);
     setLayout(new FlowLayout());
                              
     JLabel label= new JLabel( “Visit iWebie” ,  JLabel.CENTER );
     label.setBackground(Color.RED);
     getContentPane().add(label) ;
              
     label.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
           public void mouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
              if(evt.getClickCount() > 0){
                try {
                        Process pc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(”cmd.exe /c start http://www.iwebie.com”);
                    } catch (IOException ex) {
                        System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
                        System.out.println();
                    }
               }
            }
            });
            setSize( 400 , 100 );              
            setVisible( true );              
  }
 
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  new JLabelLink () ;
 }
}

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1. Henrry Iguaro Says: December 3rd, 2008 at 2:34 am

   It does not work in Linux!

2. Kamil Páral Says: March 3rd, 2009 at 12:02 am

   This is really lame.

3. neha Says: March 5th, 2009 at 11:21 am

   very good example…thanxxxxxxxxx

4. Seshaya Says: March 16th, 2009 at 8:40 am

   This may not be revelant but i figured i’d post this anyway. If you’re using ubuntu 8.10 you may be in for some issues with the network manager. For some unknown reason it stops functioning. You will need to manually set you’re resolv.conf with your ISP’s DNS servers. That file is located in /etc/network/resolv.conf

5. satyam Says: March 25th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

   thank u 4 ur code………its a good example for creating hyper links…….its help ful 2 my project…..

6. Mush Says: December 4th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

   It does not only “not work in Linux”. In fact, it works on Windows exclusively.
   Please do not spread this bad code. Replace it with a proper solution or remove it or – at the very least- inform people that this is nothing but a workaround for confirmed windows-only environments.

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