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This is my code for making a label. I used a Button expression to build it. Is there a better way to make a label? My objection to doing it this way is that, when I set Enabled -> True, the button becomes clickable. For my application, I don't want anything clickable. 

Button[StringJoin["Label", ToString[3]], Null, 
  Background -> Black, BaseStyle -> {White, 16, Bold}, Enabled -> False]
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why not just write "Label" <> ToString[3] instead of the complicated StringJoin["Label", Map[ToString, {3}]] ? as for your question itself, I do not understand what you want. What do you mean by it becomes clickable, It should not be clickable ? it is a Button? It is supposed to be clickable? – Nasser Dec 21 '12 at 12:04
Could you please make your question more understandable? It is very vague in its present form (there is practically an infinite number of ways to design a label.) and I don't have an idea about what you are actually asking. What exactly is a label in your terminology? What's wrong with Enabled? It is specifically there to allow interactive manipulation to be turned on/off for buttons and such. – István Zachar Dec 21 '12 at 16:41

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If I understand you, you just want something to draw on?

Try Panel

Panel["Label" <> ToString[3], Background -> Black, BaseStyle -> {White, 16, Bold}]

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Or Framed

 Framed["Label" <> ToString[3], Background->Black,BaseStyle->{White, 16, Bold}, 
  FrameStyle -> None]

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