Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Dimension; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextPane; import javax.swing.text.Style; import javax.swing.text.StyleConstants; import javax.swing.text.StyledDocument; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); JPanel panel = new JPanel(); JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane(); JButton button = new JButton("Test"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 200)); panel.add(textPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); panel.add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH); textPane.addStyle("myStyle", null); button.addActionListener(e -> { StyledDocument doc = textPane.getStyledDocument(); int start = textPane.getSelectionStart(); int end = textPane.getSelectionEnd(); if (start == end) { return; } if (start > end) { int life = start; start = end; end = life; } Style style = textPane.getStyle("myStyle"); if (StyleConstants.isBold(style)) { StyleConstants.setBold(style, false); } else { StyleConstants.setBold(style, true); } doc.setCharacterAttributes(start, end - start, style, false); }); frame.add(panel); frame.pack(); frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); frame.setVisible(true); } }