How to set the margin in GridLayout's first Column?

Question

I want the margin from the left side in Grid layout first column only. The Jlabel in the first column is LEFT aligned.

Code for the Row is

 lbl1 = new JLabel("Hold");
       lbl1 .setFont(new Font("Arial Black", Font.PLAIN, text));
       lbl1 .setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
       lbl1 .setForeground(Color.decode(textColor));
       panel1.add(lbl1 );


       lbl2= new JLabel("100");
       lbl2.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", Font.PLAIN, text));
       lbl2.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
       lbl2.setForeground(Color.decode(textColor));
       panel1.add(lbl2);

Code for the panel is

setLayout(new GridLayout(0,2));

Answer 1

In your case you can set an empty border for all your "left" label.

lb1.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(0, 10, 0, 0));

This code will provide 10 points offset from the left side of the label.

Usually GridLayout is not a best choice for your purposes. I would advise you to look for another layout manager. The standard GridBagLayout is a little bit too verbouse so it would be better to learn a third-party layout like MigLayout or FormLayout .