jtextpane

Is there a way to create horizontally centered text for a JTextArea like with a JTextField? setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER); Is there a way I can accomplish the same thing with a multi-line text area? I can't find a method for it with JTextArea, so is there another option? JTextPane? If so, how? You need to use a JTextPane and use attributes. The following should center all the text: StyledDocument doc = textPane.getStyledDocument(); SimpleAttributeSet center = new SimpleAttributeSet(); StyleConstants.setAlignment(center, StyleConstants.ALIGN_CENTER); doc.setParagraphAttributes(0,

How do I change the color of specific words in a JTextPane just while the user is typing? Should I override JTextPane paintComponent method? Overwriting paintComponent will not help you. This is not an easy one, but not impossible either. Something like this will help you: DefaultStyledDocument document = new DefaultStyledDocument(); JTextPane textpane = new JTextPane(document); StyleContext context = new StyleContext(); // build a style Style style = context.addStyle("test", null); // set some style properties StyleConstants.setForeground(style, Color.BLUE); // add some data to the document

In an every article the answer to a question "How to append a string to a JEditorPane?" is something like jep.setText(jep.getText + "new string"); I have tried this: jep.setText("<b>Termination time : </b>" + CriterionFunction.estimateIndividual_top(individual) + " </br>"); jep.setText(jep.getText() + "Processes' distribution: </br>"); And as a result I got "Termination time : 1000" without "Processes' distribution:" Why did this happen??? camickr I doubt that is the recommended approach for appending text. This means every time you change some text you need to reparse the entire document. The

I am making an application similar to a chat. For that purpose I have two JTextPanes, one where I'm writing and one that displays messages. This is the code that handles the transferring of text from input to display : String input = textPane.getText(); if(!input.endsWith("\n")){ input+="\n"; } StyledDocument doc = displayPane.getStyledDocument(); int offset = displayPane.getCaretPosition(); textPane.setText(""); try { doc.insertString(offset, input, set); } catch (BadLocationException ex) { Logger.getLogger(ChatComponent.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex); } The problem is that if i