How to add superscript to Label text in Javafx 8

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I am writing my first JavaFX application and I cannot find how to make some of the text in a Label to be superscript.

In Swing it was easy enough to use HTML tags, but this option is not available in JavaFX.

I have searched through many of the api's including Label, Font, TextFlow, Oracle docs and samples, and the internet in general.

Thank you.

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 30 '15 at 11:30

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One approach would be to substitute a WebView and use the loadContent() method of WebEngine.

WebView webView = new WebView();
WebEngine webEngine = webView.getEngine();
webEngine.loadContent(
    "<h1>G<sub>&mu;&nu;</sub>=8πT<sub>&mu;&nu;</sub>; E=mc<sup>2</sup>");

answered Jul 30 '15 at 11:30

trashgod

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See also [*How to display HTML in JavaFX Application*](http://stackoverflow.com/q/30829164/230513). – trashgod Jul 30 '15 at 11:37

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 01 '15 at 17:11

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The WebView is more flexible, but, depending upon which font you are using and the content of the superscript, there are Unicode superscript characters such as U+00B2 for the superscript 2.

edited Aug 01 '15 at 17:11

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answered Jul 30 '15 at 13:20

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Thank you clartaq. I realise now that I could have also used Unicode for JLabel as well. I have been using Unicode to produce Registered Trade Mark and Copyright symbols, however, I was unaware of Unicode superscript. – TonyJ Aug 01 '15 at 03:50

How to add superscript to Label text in Javafx 8

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