Text areas

[robmif76]

Hi,

I am trying to gather some input using Swing classes.
Basically, I have a number of text areas and a combo box in the same frame and I need to "grey out" some of the text areas according to the selection in the combo box.

Any help?

Thanks
Rob

 

[egobbitz]

If you are asking how to grey out the text box, you can just use the setEditable method in JTextArea

JTextArea jta = new JTextArea();
jta.setEditable(false);


you could toggle this property based on what is selected in the combo box.

 

[thekobbler]

If you want to mark up text in the area, I think you might need to consider using the JTextPane rather than JTextArea. It's a more complex Class than the JTextArea, however I don't believe the JTextArea will highlight parts of the text (other than the user selecting text by mouse)

 

[robmif76]

Thanks for your help.

Once again...problem solved!!