This tutorial explores the creation of custom label styles in yFiles for Java (Swing), ranging from basic text rendering to complex, multi-line labels with custom shapes. The covered topics include:
- Implementing the ILabelStyle interface
- Using text utilities for efficient text rendering and measuring
- Adding background shapes and customizing label appearance
- Handling preferred size and automatic label resizing
- Optimizing performance with visual reuse in Java 2D
- Configuring text alignment and supporting multi-line text with line wrapping
- Applying item-specific customizations using label tags
- Implementing custom hit-testing, visibility, and bounds providers This tutorial provides the knowledge needed to create polished and highly functional label visualizations that perfectly fit your application's requirements.