How to Load a Webpage in a Java App

Do you wonder how to load a webpage in your java application? It is simple. You can load a web document whether it is a web document in internet or a web document from a file in the localhost. I know three methods to do it. You can use JTextPane in java swing (javax.swing), JEditorPane in java swing (javax.swing) or WebView in javaFX (javafx.scene.web.WebView). We will discuss each method to display a webpage in a java application.

The three methods we are going to discuss are:

• Using JTextPane
• Using JEditorPane
• Using WebView in JavaFX

How to Get Center Point of Screen in Java

If you want position your JFrame in center of screen, there is method for that. Read this post:

How to Set JFrame in Center of Screen

The LocalGraphicsEnvironment in Java will give you the center point of the display or screen. There is a static method getLocalGraphicsEnvironment() in GraphicsEnvironment class. To get the center point of the screen, you may use the following java code:

Point centre=GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getCenterPoint();

You should include these import statements in the file.

import java.awt.Point; import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;