Listen for undo and redo events
public class Main{ public static void main(String[] argv){ JTextComponent textcomp = new JTextArea(); final UndoManager undo = new UndoManager(); Document doc = textcomp.getDocument(); doc.addUndoableEditListener(new UndoableEditListener() { public void undoableEditHappened(UndoableEditEvent evt) { undo.addEdit(evt.getEdit()); } }); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(new JScrollPane(textcomp)); frame.setSize(380, 320); frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); frame.setVisible(true); }}