Java tutorial
import java.awt.Dimension; import javax.accessibility.AccessibleContext; import javax.accessibility.AccessibleText; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextField; public class MainClass extends JFrame { MainClass() { setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JPanel p = new JPanel(); p.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 50)); JTextField jtf = new JTextField(20); jtf.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 20)); p.add(jtf); getContentPane().add(p); pack(); setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { MainClass ad8 = new MainClass(); try { Thread.sleep(5000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } ad8.dumpTextInfo(ad8.getAccessibleContext()); } void dumpTextInfo(AccessibleContext ac) { AccessibleText at = ac.getAccessibleText(); if (at != null) { System.out.println("Caret position = " + at.getCaretPosition()); System.out.println("Selected text = " + at.getSelectedText()); return; } int nChildren = ac.getAccessibleChildrenCount(); for (int i = 0; i < nChildren; i++) dumpTextInfo(ac.getAccessibleChild(i).getAccessibleContext()); } }