Example usage for javax.swing JTextArea moveCaretPosition

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for javax.swing JTextArea moveCaretPosition.

Prototype

public void moveCaretPosition(int pos) 

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Document

Moves the caret to a new position, leaving behind a mark defined by the last time setCaretPosition was called.

Usage

From source file:Main.java

public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    JTextArea comp = new JTextArea();
    String actionName = "Lowercase";

    JFrame f = new JFrame();
    f.add(new JScrollPane(comp));
    f.setSize(300, 300);/*from w  w  w  .  j  a  va  2  s .  co m*/
    f.setVisible(true);
    comp.getInputMap().put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("F2"), actionName);

    comp.getActionMap().put(actionName, new TextAction(actionName) {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
            JTextComponent comp = getTextComponent(evt);

            if (comp.getSelectionStart() == comp.getSelectionEnd()) {
                if (comp.getCaretPosition() < comp.getDocument().getLength()) {
                    try {
                        int pos = comp.getCaretPosition();
                        Document doc = comp.getDocument();
                        String str = doc.getText(pos, 1).toLowerCase();

                        doc.remove(pos, 1);
                        doc.insertString(pos, str, null);
                        comp.moveCaretPosition(pos + 1);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        System.out.println();
                    }
                }
            } else {
                int s = comp.getSelectionStart();
                int e = comp.getSelectionEnd();

                comp.replaceSelection(comp.getSelectedText().toLowerCase());
                comp.select(s, e);
            }
        }
    });
}

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