Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Storybook: Scene-based software for novelists and authors. Copyright (C) 2008 - 2012 Martin Mustun This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.JTextField; public class Main { /** * Select all text in a {@link JComponent} if it is a {@link JTextField} or {@link JTextArea}. * * @param comp the component */ public static void selectAllText(JComponent comp) { if (comp instanceof JTextField) { JTextField tf = (JTextField) comp; tf.setSelectionStart(0); tf.setSelectionEnd(tf.getText().length()); } else if (comp instanceof JTextArea) { JTextArea ta = (JTextArea) comp; ta.setSelectionStart(0); ta.setSelectionEnd(ta.getText().length()); } } }