Java tutorial
import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.JTextField; public class TextEditFrame extends JFrame { private JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(8, 40); private JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea); private JTextField fromField = new JTextField(8); private JTextField toField = new JTextField(8); public TextEditFrame() { setTitle("TextEditTest"); setSize(500, 300); addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }); Container contentPane = getContentPane(); JPanel panel = new JPanel(); JButton replaceButton = new JButton("Replace"); panel.add(replaceButton); replaceButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) { String from = fromField.getText(); int start = textArea.getText().indexOf(from); if (start >= 0 && from.length() > 0) textArea.replaceRange(toField.getText(), start, start + from.length()); } }); panel.add(fromField); panel.add(new JLabel("with")); panel.add(toField); contentPane.add(panel, "South"); contentPane.add(scrollPane, "Center"); } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new TextEditFrame(); f.show(); } }