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1. How to override JTextArea isEnabled() method    stackoverflow.com

I want to override isEnabled() method in java.awt.Component and use it with a JTextArea. This is what I do. This code snippet is called inside the Jframe constructor.

jTextArea1 = new javax.swing.JTextArea(){
   ...

2. Java JTextArea Question    stackoverflow.com

I am designing an on-screen form to be filled in, and I think it makes sense to stick it together as a collection of text areas. I note in the ...

3. How can I force one specific JTextArea to not use anti-aliasing, while keeping it on for the rest of my app?    stackoverflow.com

I'm using Java 6 on Mac OS X 10.6. So are my users. I'm trying to force one specific JTextArea not to use anti-aliasing. Any ideas? Here's my test code as is:

public static ...

4. How to know whether any changes in the jtextarea have been made or not?    stackoverflow.com

I've created a jtextarea where a user can modify its content. I want to know,if there is any way, whether the user has modified its content or not before closing the ...

5. JTextArea does not show up    stackoverflow.com

import net.htmlparser.jericho.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

public class RenderToText extends JFrame {


    static JTextArea _resultArea = new JTextArea(100, 100);
    JScrollPane scrollingArea = ...

6. jtextarea does not pop out    stackoverflow.com

import net.htmlparser.jericho.*;

@SuppressWarnings({ "serial", "unused" })
public class RenderToText extends JDialog {


    static JTextArea _resultArea = new JTextArea(100, 100);
    JScrollPane scrollingArea = new JScrollPane(_resultArea);
    ...

7. java List filenames in a jtextarea via Task    stackoverflow.com

I got a collection of files (apache commons.io) now I want to list theme in jTextArea and I try to this with a task. Unfortunatly the textarea lists only the first ...

8. How would I add a JTextArea to this code?    stackoverflow.com

Please set default text for this. I am trying to make a text area that displays the contents of a file. I plan to use a file opener in the java ...

9. Accesing a JTextArea from multiple classes    forums.netbeans.org

Hello again, so I got a JFrame form with many components on it, one of them is a JTextArea, how do i have access to that JTextArea from my other classes? ...





10. Code Completion from a jTextArea    forums.netbeans.org

Hi, Just wondering if it is possible to link the code completion api into something like a jTextArea? ... we have a forms style app so the user doesn't have access ...

11. Need help On JTextArea    forums.netbeans.org

12. how to add a JTextArea into scene?    forums.netbeans.org

The widget which the JTextArea was added into is resizable,so when the wrapper widget is resized,I want the JTextArea is resized,and the height of the JTextArea is equal to the widget's height.

13. pushing the limits of JTextArea    coderanch.com

14. How can i show in JTextArea    coderanch.com

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17. JTextArea Problem    coderanch.com

18. JTextArea    coderanch.com

19. JTextArea    coderanch.com

20. Icon in JTextArea    coderanch.com

21. JTextArea    coderanch.com

22. JTextArea    coderanch.com

23. JTextArea Problem    coderanch.com

24. jTextArea - problem with \u    coderanch.com

This simple example is working for me... import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.awt.*; import java.util.*; public class UnicodeEdit extends JFrame { JTextArea ta; Hashtable hash; public UnicodeEdit() { hash = new Hashtable(); hash.put( "String1", "example \u0394" ); ta = new JTextArea(); ta.setText( hash.get( "String1" ).toString() ); getContentPane().add( ta, BorderLayout.CENTER ); addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) { ...

25. JTextArea...    coderanch.com

26. JTextArea scrolls to bottom    coderanch.com

27. JTextArea    coderanch.com

Ok man, try this: import javax.swing.*; import java.util.StringTokenizer; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class TestTextArea extends JFrame { JScrollPane jScrollPane1 = new JScrollPane(); JTextArea jTextArea1 = new JTextArea(); JToolBar jToolBar1 = new JToolBar(); JButton btnReplaceNewLine = new JButton(); public TestTextArea() { try { jbInit(); fillTA(); } catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public static void main(String[] args) { TestTextArea testTextArea1 = ...

28. how to get the info from a jtextarea    coderanch.com

29. Why is JTextArea not visible?    coderanch.com

package ThePackage; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.io.*; import javax.swing.*; public class StatusDialog extends JDialog { private byte[] byteArray = new byte[1024]; private int bytesRead; private BufferedInputStream bis; private OutputStream os; private JTextArea textArea = null; public StatusDialog(BufferedInputStream bis, OutputStream os) { this.bis = bis; this.os = os; init(); } //end TestDialog private Component createComponents() { JPanel mainPane = new JPanel(); ...

30. JTextArea    coderanch.com

31. How to reassign STDIN to a JTextArea??    coderanch.com

Gary, We'd like to welcome you to the JavaRanch, but please help us - and yourself out by choosing the right forum to ask your questions. You're asking an AWT/Swing question in the J2EE forum. You'll find more people who know the answers to this and many other GUI-related questions in the Swing/JFC/AWT forum. A quick answer though is "???". STDIN ...

32. JTextAreas Look & Feel    coderanch.com

33. JTextArea question .    coderanch.com

34. JTextArea    coderanch.com

Hi, i'd like to know how to make textarea not editable for user, but it would be possible to edit it programaticaly. Could you give me a hint. i tried this code, but it is not working ( when i type in the text area listener seems not working ) textarea = new JTextArea("Area"); textarea.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.ITALIC, 11)); textarea.setLineWrap(true); textarea.setWrapStyleWord(true); textarea.addInputMethodListener(this); ...

35. JTextArea problem    coderanch.com

36. JScollPane, JtextArea, Opaque Question    coderanch.com

import java.awt.Color; import javax.swing.BoxLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextArea; public class ClearTextArea extends JFrame { public ClearTextArea() { super( "ClearTextArea" ); getContentPane().setBackground( Color.green ); JPanel p = new JPanel(); BoxLayout layout = new BoxLayout( p, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS ); p.setLayout( layout ); p.setOpaque( false ); JTextArea ta = new JTextArea(); ta.setOpaque( false ); JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane( ta ); ...

37. JTextArea Problems    coderanch.com

Hi, I am having a coupld of problems with my JTextAreas. Firstly I am trying to create a form with various fields and labels. Everything is working ok but I need 3 JTextAreas one above the other and I can only seem to get 1 - prehaps the others are underneath. I can't seem to control the height of the JTextArea. ...

38. JTextArea prob    coderanch.com

39. JTextArea    coderanch.com

I'll help someone with any problem whether homework or not. I wont just write someone's code for them, I require that they show some evidence that they've given it a go. In your first post you did not show any evidence, so I didn't help you ! I would have helped after you replied but Ben got there before me (4 ...

40. JTextArea problem    coderanch.com

Hello all, I understood what you guys say. Actually I am writting a Chat server/client program. I am having a main/General chat area in it. When a user sends a message, the font attributes(size, color, type) go with the message to the server. What I am trying to accomplish is to send the exact message to all the other clients. With ...

41. jTextArea question    coderanch.com

Hi, I am developing a chat client. I have a JTextArea that displays incoming messages as well as my own messages. I want it to keep up with the text but it does not automatically scroll with text and it does not keep up. Now I dont mean that it does not scroll at all, rather why it falls behind after ...

42. Problem with JTextArea    coderanch.com

43. SWING: Limiting a JTextArea    coderanch.com

44. JTextArea used as a modem terminal    coderanch.com

45. JTextArea    coderanch.com

46. JTextArea    coderanch.com

Can someone explain to me how I use JTextArea with columns and rows. In the application I am doing right now I need three columns for sure and the rows would have to be x for now, because I prompting the user for a certain amount of information which depending how much information they enter changes the row amount. So can ...

47. JTextArea    coderanch.com

48. JTextArea and padding    coderanch.com

49. JTextArea    coderanch.com

50. urgent Jtextarea!!!!!!!    coderanch.com

51. JTextArea    coderanch.com

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - ...

52. JTextArea question    coderanch.com

53. JTextArea    coderanch.com

54. JTextArea setSelection not highliting    coderanch.com

Hi there I am having trouble with getting using setSelectionStart and setSelection end on a JTextField and on a JTextArea. For the JTextFields, I click the left button on a mouse, and the program will highlight the word that the mouse is in. This works fine. public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me){ Object source=me.getSource(); if(source==attachmentField){ if(attachmentField.getText().length()<=0) return; int i=attachmentField.getCaretPosition(); String ans=attachmentField.getText(); int[] selection=mouseOverText(ans, ...

55. JTextArea with varied lengths    coderanch.com

import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; public class SizeTest extends JPanel { JLabel label1, label2; JTextField tf1, tf2, tf3, tf4; JButton button1, button2; public SizeTest() { initComponents(); layoutComponents(); System.out.println(getPreferredSize()); } private void initComponents() { label1 = new JLabel("label 1"); label2 = new JLabel("label 2"); tf1 = new JTextField(12); tf2 = new JTextField(2); tf3 = new JTextField(12); tf4 = new JTextField(8); button1 = new ...

56. JTextArea    coderanch.com

Here's more detail. It works, but there are a few bugs. But I think it's enough to get you going. Main.java: import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class Main extends JFrame { private Container contentPane; private CustomJTextArea textArea; private JTextField reportingField; /** Creates a new instance of Main */ public Main() { this.setDefaultCloseOperation(this.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); textArea = new CustomJTextArea(); textArea.setMaxWordCount(10); textArea.setEditable(true); textArea.addKeyListener(new ...

57. JTextArea    coderanch.com

public class Test extends javax.swing.JWindow{//Frame{ /** Creates a new instance of Test */ public Test() { initComponents(); } private void initComponents() { jScrollPane1 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane(); jTextArea1 = new javax.swing.JTextArea(); getContentPane().setLayout(null); //setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); jScrollPane1.setViewportView(jTextArea1); getContentPane().add(jScrollPane1); jScrollPane1.setBounds(14, 34, 180, 180); java.awt.Dimension screenSize = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize(); setBounds((screenSize.width-420)/2, (screenSize.height-362)/2, 420, 362); } /** * @param args the command line arguments */ public static void main(String args[]) ...

58. JTextArea    coderanch.com

Here's a start. It will need a lot more work to support cut, paste and insertions. import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.text.*; public class Eighty { private JTextArea getTextArea() { JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(); textArea.setColumns(40); textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true); textArea.setMargin(new Insets(5,5,5,5)); AbstractDocument doc = (AbstractDocument)textArea.getDocument(); doc.setDocumentFilter(new EightyFilter()); return textArea; } public static void main(String[] args) { Eighty e = new Eighty(); JFrame f ...

59. JTextArea    coderanch.com

60. JtextArea    coderanch.com

61. A question on JTextArea    coderanch.com

62. Syntax Highlightning on JTextArea    coderanch.com

63. JTextArea....    coderanch.com

64. Please help with JTextArea problem...    coderanch.com

you want equal distance columns? try this, but it is far, far easier using a JTable import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; class Testing { JTextArea ta; java.util.List cars = new java.util.ArrayList(); public void loadCars() { cars.add(new Car("Chevrolet","GTS","White","6")); cars.add(new Car("Rolls Royce","Phantom","Burgundy","1")); cars.add(new Car("MGB","Roadster","Red","2")); cars.add(new Car("Corvette","Convertible","Silver","1")); } public void buildGUI() { ta = new JTextArea(10,75); ta.setFont(new Font("monospaced",Font.PLAIN,12)); JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(ta)); ...

65. JTextArea    coderanch.com

66. JTextArea Inquiry    coderanch.com

67. Help me....Urgent...JTextArea Problem ... Urgent    coderanch.com

Hi For my project I have created one showresult.java file.Where I have created JTextArea.That I set in JScrollPane.This Scrollpane is set in a JPanel and then this panel in JDialog. Now I need to set different display terminal to show this Result dialog I set as.I am calling this from my scheduler which is another java prog. resdisp[0]="DISPLAY="+10.22.34.145:0.0; resexe="java showres "+resfile.trim()+" ...

68. JTextArea doubt    coderanch.com

69. JTextArea help    coderanch.com

70. help with JTextArea    coderanch.com

I have one more question, i have created the gui and got everything to work fine but i have one problem i want the user to be able to copy from the JTextArea but not be able to do anything else, the way that i have tried it so far is: cc.getTextArea().setEditable(true); cc.getTextArea().copy(); cc.getTextArea().setEditable(false); //my text area starts of setEditable(false); it ...

71. JTextArea    coderanch.com

72. InputStream/BufferedReader with JTextArea    coderanch.com

Well, I figured out that it was because the file path wasn't complete. Now I have this: String fileName = jfc.getSelectedFile().getName(); String pathName = jfc.getCurrentDirectory() + fileName; The only problem with that is, that it only works on the C:\ drive, since if the file is in My Documents getCurrentDirectory() doesn't add root dirs to the path. Not only this, but ...

73. Need help with JTextArea    coderanch.com

I am using the code below to set text in text area within one dialog. What happens is that when I run on my machine it all looks fine, but person on a different machine can see text in area 3 tames narower and 3 times higher than what I declared it to be, which in turns makes other objects in ...

74. NPE with JTextArea    coderanch.com

import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.border.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class SHIP extends JFrame private JTextField outputJTextField, private TextArea auditJTextArea; public SHIP() { createUserInterface(); } // create and position GUI components private void createUserInterface() { //set up outputJTextField outputJTextField = new JTextField(); outputJTextField.setBounds( 40, 80, 600, 20); outputJTextField.setEditable ( false ); contentPane.add ( outputJTextField ); //set up auditJTextArea JTextArea auditJTextArea= new JTextArea(); ...

75. JTextArea, outlining the area?    coderanch.com

Well, to tell you the truth I was surprised when you said you had been looking at the API documentation for JTextArea all day and couldn't find any methods for setting a border. So I thought perhaps you didn't know how to search it effectively. Hence the suggestion. But perhaps I guessed wrong about what you had been doing all day? ...

76. JtextArea problem    coderanch.com

hi guys my problem is when i press enter in a jtextarea it go down to a new line and i dont want this to happen... i am using enter in event handling of the jtextarea and its working however it create a new line after that. so how shall i fix this.

77. JTextArea query..    coderanch.com

78. problem synchronizing JTextAreas    coderanch.com

Hi, I'm using 2 JTextAreas in my program which are synchronized. In my program I send a string of variable length to server and receive a response of variable length. I'm appending the request and response to the textareas. I expect the textareas to show the request and only the respective response when i scroll. For this i'm trying to set ...

79. Handling MouseMovement in JTextArea    coderanch.com

I have JFrame->JPanel->JTextArea I want to Popup an Image when the Mouse moves over a word. Not all the words have Images. Words are specific and I have relevant Images. So far I have got the word when Mouse points at it. I use the Utilities class. Now I want to display(Popup) an Image while the MousePointer is on the Word. ...

80. Pasting into a JTextArea    coderanch.com

Hi there, I have made a GUI for a v. small application which has some JTextAreas for entering information. Sometimes, I would like to be able to paste the information in from (say) notepad. However, when I right click on the mouse there is no option to do this. Does anybody know how I might set things up so I can ...

81. Alphabetizing a JTextArea    coderanch.com

As the title implies I'm working on an assignment where I have to create a program that displays a window, has buttons that feed text to a text area (that is editable), and must then be able to write the list to a file, clear the list, and sort the left alphabetically. I've finished every thing pretty much and it's all ...

82. JTextArea Problem    coderanch.com

83. Customizable JTextAreas?    coderanch.com

84. JTextArea little Help    coderanch.com

85. Using JTextArea    coderanch.com

86. Tricky JTextArea problem    coderanch.com

87. JTextArea question - accessing and code structure    coderanch.com

First: I'm new to this. I've searched around a bit but think a human might be able to answer my question better than the search engines so far. So I understand that you create a class representing your GUI, add a bunch of controls to it, then start running it. My question is twofold: one relates to structure, one relates to ...

88. Making a JTextArea look good    coderanch.com

Aaaaand again it's me. I have succesfully set up my list of over 35-year-olds. What I did to make it look pretty is find the length of the longest name and add " " to the rest, so that it ends up looking like this: name firstname reallylongname firstname It's just prettier. This is how I did it, in case it ...

89. JTextArea    coderanch.com

public static void main (String args []) { int [][] square=new int [6][6]; square[0][(6-1)/2]=1; int key=2, i=0, j=(6-1)/2; while (key<=6*6){ int k=i-1; if (k<0) k+=6; int l=j-1; if (l<0) l+=6; if (square[k][l]!=0) i=(i+1)%6; else{ i=k; j=l; } square [i][j]=key; key++; } for (i=0; i<6; i++){ for (j=0; j<6; j++) System.out.print (square [i][j]+" "); System.out.println (); } }

90. Jtextarea    coderanch.com

91. how to reach current JTextArea    coderanch.com

92. JTextAreas with a GridLayout    coderanch.com

Hey guys. Here's my code. It comes in two classes: public class Driver { public static void main (String [] args) { GUI gui = new GUI(); } } import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import java.util.Hashtable; public class GUI { private JFrame frame; private JPanel customerPanel; private JLabel newCustomer; private JLabel angryCustomer; private JLabel busyCustomer; private JLabel regularCustomer; private JLabel upsetCustomer; private ...

93. JTextArea    coderanch.com

94. Problem with JTextArea    coderanch.com

class LogToConsole extends SwingWorker { String msg = null; public LogToConsole(String message) { msg = message; } @Override protected Void doInBackground() throws Exception { try { Thread.sleep(10); publish(msg); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } return null; } @Override protected void process(List chunks) { for (String chunk : chunks) { log.append(log.getText()+"\n"+chunk); } } @Override protected void done() { } }

95. JTextArea adjustment    java-forums.org

Found this out on the INTERWEBS: textArea.setCaretPosition(textArea.getDocument().g etLength()); Sets the cursor position to the bottom of the new appended text. In conclusion auto scrolls down each time new text is appended. Sorry for posting without doing enough research but for those who may stumble upon this problem yourself give this a shot.

96. About JTEXTAREA    java-forums.org

97. JtextArea and JSpliPane    java-forums.org

98. JTextArea in Full-Screen Exclusive Mode    java-forums.org

Thanks for replying. Here is the code, I hope you can spend a little time to look through. The program is long, but it's straightforward : Java Code: import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; public class FullScreenTest { public static void main(String[] args) { EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { GraphicsEnvironment en = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(); GraphicsDevice[] devices = en.getScreenDevices(); for (int ...

99. adding jtextarea    java-forums.org

package javaapplication1; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; public class Main extends JFrame implements ActionListener { Container thing = new Container(); JTextField textfield1= new JTextField("jtextfield"); JTextField textfield2= new JTextField("jtextfield"); JTextArea textarea = new JTextArea("textarea"); JButton button = new JButton("push"); public Main () { this.setSize(200, 200); thing.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,1)); thing.add(textfield1); thing.add(textfield2); thing.add(button); button.addActionListener(this); this.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); this.add(textfield1, BorderLayout.NORTH); this.add(textfield2, BorderLayout.CENTER); this.add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH); this.setVisible(true); this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); ...

100. JTextArea    java-forums.org

You will have to study the tutorials. As I noted, using a JTextPane or JEditorPane is not as straight forward as using JTextArea as I believe that you might need to use SytledDocuments, AttributeSets, EditorKits, etc... (it's been a while since I've looked at this). You may also be able to get different colors by using HTML tags, but I've not ...