Delayed text color change in Swing text field

Question

Is it possible to change the color of a text in a text field?I am trying to build an interpreter, so I was wondering on how would you change the color of the text in real ti

Answer 1

Try this:

HighlightPainter greenPainter = new DefaultHighlighter.DefaultHighlightPainter(Color.GREEN);

//in a thread...    
Highlighter h = tf.getHighlighter();
h.addHighlight(offset, offset+length, greenPainter);