The JTextPane Class
JTextPane is a multiline text component that can display text with multiple fonts, colors, and even embedded images. It supports named hierarchical text styles and has other features that can help implement a word processor or a similar application.
Technically, JTextPane is a subclass of JEditorPane, but it usually makes more sense to think of JTextPane as a text component in its own right. JEditorPane uses “editor kits” to handle text in various formats (such as HTML or RTF) in a modular way. Use a JEditorPane when you want to view or edit text in one of these formats. Use a JTextPane when you want to handle the text yourself.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.*;
// Show how icons, components, and text can be added to a JTextPane.
public class PaneInsertionMethods {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final JTextPane pane = new JTextPane();
// Button to insert some text
JButton textButton = new JButton("Insert Text");
textButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
pane.replaceSelection("text");
}
});
// Button to insert an icon
final ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("bluepaw.gif");
JButton iconButton = new JButton(icon);
iconButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
pane.insertIcon(icon);
}
});
// Button to insert a button
JButton buttonButton = new JButton("Insert Button");
buttonButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
pane.insertComponent(new JButton("Click Me"));
}
});
// Layout
JPanel buttons = new JPanel();
buttons.add(textButton);
buttons.add(iconButton);
buttons.add(buttonButton);
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(pane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.getContentPane().add(buttons, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.setSize(360, 180);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
