JAVA - jLabel Scrolling Text Animation

 

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package scrollingtextanimation;

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import java.awt.Rectangle;

public class ScrollingTextAnimation {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Scrolling Text");

        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        frame.setSize(400, 200);

        JPanel panel = new JPanel(null); // Use null layout for manual positioning

        frame.add(panel);

        JLabel scrollingLabel = new JLabel("This is some scrolling text for animation!");

        scrollingLabel.setBounds(frame.getWidth(), 50, 300, 20); // Initial position off-screen right

        panel.add(scrollingLabel);

        Timer timer = new Timer(50, new ActionListener() {

            @Override

            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

                Rectangle bounds = scrollingLabel.getBounds();

                bounds.x -= 2; // Move left by 2 pixels

                scrollingLabel.setBounds(bounds);

                // Reset position if text goes off-screen left

                if (bounds.x + bounds.width < 0) {

                    bounds.x = frame.getWidth();

                    scrollingLabel.setBounds(bounds);

                }

            }

        });

        timer.start();

        frame.setVisible(true);

    }

}