We would like to know how to highlight current row in JTextPane.
import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Rectangle; //ww w . j ava 2 s . com import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextPane; import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(new HighlightLineTextPane()); frame.setBounds(100, 100, 300, 400); frame.setVisible(true); } } class HighlightLineTextPane extends JTextPane { public HighlightLineTextPane() { setOpaque(false); } @Override protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) { g.setColor(getBackground()); g.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight()); try { Rectangle rect = modelToView(getCaretPosition()); if (rect != null) { g.setColor(Color.RED); g.fillRect(0, rect.y, getWidth(), rect.height); } } catch (BadLocationException e) { System.out.println(e); } super.paintComponent(g); } @Override public void repaint(long tm, int x, int y, int width, int height) { super.repaint(tm, 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight()); } }