Java JTextArea textAreaAsLabel(JTextArea textArea)

Description

This will allow selection and copy to work but still retain the label look

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static JTextArea textAreaAsLabel(JTextArea textArea) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.awt.Color;

import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;

public class Main {
    /**
     * This will allow selection and copy to work but still retain the label
     * look
     */
    public static JTextArea textAreaAsLabel(JTextArea textArea) {
        //  Turn on word wrap
        textArea.setLineWrap(true);
        textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
        // Perform the other changes to complete the look
        textComponentAsLabel(textArea);
        return textArea;
    }

    /**
     * This will allow selection and copy to work but still retain the label
     * look
     */
    public static JTextComponent textComponentAsLabel(JTextComponent textcomponent) {
        //  Make the text component non editable
        textcomponent.setEditable(false);
        // Make the text area look like a label
        textcomponent.setBackground((Color) UIManager.get("Label.background"));
        textcomponent.setForeground((Color) UIManager.get("Label.foreground"));
        textcomponent.setBorder(null);
        return textcomponent;
    }
}

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