Tab Spacing with Code

[Genxcop]

Hi all,

I'd like to know the code is for a Tab Space in java. Like \n for newline, what is it for a Tab space?

Thanks in advance

[Bnt]

Hi,

The escape character for a tab in java is \t

[danutz_plusplus]

Hi. Well I've tried \t and it doesn't work, in java at least. Nor does \n. For the newline character I've managed to use System.getProperty("line.separator"), but I haven't managed to find one for the tab character. Does anyone know what else I can use for tab. Thanks in advance.

[gmrowe1075]

Well I've tried \t and it doesn't work, in java at least.

You'll have to explain more why you think its doesn't work. How are you using it, what results are you getting. \t does indeed work in Java, its part of the language specification

[danutz_plusplus]

You'll have to explain more why you think its doesn't work. How are you using it, what results are you getting. \t does indeed work in Java, its part of the language specification

Ok. I've tried something like this:

public String toString() 
{
    String s = new String();
    s += "Name:  \t\t\t" + denConcert;// denConcert is a private string
    return s;
}

And it didn't put three tab characters as I'd expect. Oh, and I'm using this toString() function with a text field, like this:

private JTextField nume=new JTextField(5);
nume.setText(ob.toString());

where ob is an instance of the class that has the previous toString() method.

[gmrowe1075]

When I ran this:

   public static void tabCheck()
   {
      String denConcert = "moved";
      String s1 = "Name:  \t\t\t" + denConcert;
      String s2 = "Name:  \t\t" + denConcert;
      String s3 = "Name:  \t" + denConcert;
      System.out.println(s1);
      System.out.println(s2);
      System.out.println(s3);
   }

   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      tabCheck();;
   }

I got this:

Name:  			moved
Name:  		moved
Name:  	moved

[gmrowe1075]

I just reread the last part of your post, the problem maybe with the way swing elements handle tabs, see here

[danutz_plusplus]

Thanks for the link. But I think I found a way around my problem. By not using tabs. But I'll keep that link in mind. Thanks again.

[dlorde]

Incidentally, the Swing text components can handle all the basic HTML tags, so if you're planning much text formatting, such as fonts, colors, alignment, etc., it's often easier and quicker to use HTML text (optionally with CSS) than to mess with the Swing style/formatting classes.

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