Java tutorial
import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.Shape; import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter; import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext; import java.awt.font.TextAttribute; import java.awt.font.TextHitInfo; import java.awt.font.TextLayout; import java.awt.geom.Point2D; import java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator; import java.text.AttributedString; import java.util.Hashtable; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class HitTestSample extends JPanel { private static final Color STRONG_CARET_COLOR = Color.red; private static final Color WEAK_CARET_COLOR = Color.black; private TextLayout textLayout; private int insertionIndex; private static final FontRenderContext DEFAULT_FRC = new FontRenderContext(null, false, false); private static final Hashtable map = new Hashtable(); static { map.put(TextAttribute.SIZE, new Float(18.0)); } private static AttributedString helloWorld = new AttributedString("Java Source and Support.", map); public HitTestSample() { AttributedCharacterIterator text = helloWorld.getIterator(); // Create a new TextLayout from the given text. textLayout = new TextLayout(text, DEFAULT_FRC); // Initilize insertionIndex. insertionIndex = 0; addMouseListener(new HitTestMouseListener()); } public Dimension getPreferredSize() { return new Dimension(400, 250); } private Point2D computeLayoutOrigin() { Dimension size = getPreferredSize(); Point2D.Float origin = new Point2D.Float(); origin.x = (float) (size.width - textLayout.getAdvance()) / 2; origin.y = (float) (size.height - textLayout.getDescent() + textLayout.getAscent()) / 2; return origin; } public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { super.paintComponent(g); setBackground(Color.white); Graphics2D graphics2D = (Graphics2D) g; Point2D origin = computeLayoutOrigin(); graphics2D.translate(origin.getX(), origin.getY()); // Draw textLayout. textLayout.draw(graphics2D, 0, 0); // Retrieve caret Shapes for insertionIndex. Shape[] carets = textLayout.getCaretShapes(insertionIndex); graphics2D.setColor(STRONG_CARET_COLOR); graphics2D.draw(carets[0]); if (carets[1] != null) { graphics2D.setColor(WEAK_CARET_COLOR); graphics2D.draw(carets[1]); } } private class HitTestMouseListener extends MouseAdapter { public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) { Point2D origin = computeLayoutOrigin(); // Compute the mouse click location relative to // textLayout's origin. float clickX = (float) (e.getX() - origin.getX()); float clickY = (float) (e.getY() - origin.getY()); // Get the character position of the mouse click. TextHitInfo currentHit = textLayout.hitTestChar(clickX, clickY); insertionIndex = currentHit.getInsertionIndex(); // Repaint the Component so the new caret(s) will be displayed. repaint(); } } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new JFrame("HitTestSample"); HitTestSample demo = new HitTestSample(); f.getContentPane().add(demo, "Center"); f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }); f.setSize(new Dimension(400, 250)); f.setVisible(true); } }