Underline ANSI string not working as planned (In Java)

Asked Oct 20 '16 at 02:44

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I am trying to underline a certain piece of text, however it is not outputting what I had expected.

String ANSI_RESET = "\u001B[0m";
String ANSI_UNDERLINE = "\u001B[4m";
String ANSI_RED = "\u001B[31m";

System.out.print(ANSI_UNDERLINE + "HelloWorld" + ANSI_RESET);

This does not output an underlined "HelloWorld", however it does output red text if I replace ANSI_UNDERLINE with ANSI_RED.

Does anyone have an explanation as to why it is not outputting underlined text in the console?

asked Oct 20 '16 at 02:44

V. Ro

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are you asking for GUI? bcuz you want this to work in console it isnt possible – Shreyas Sarvothama Oct 20 '16 at 02:53
I just ran your code in console, it printed with underline and red – Saravana Oct 20 '16 at 02:57
related http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4005378/console-writeline-and-system-out-println – Saravana Oct 20 '16 at 02:57
Not for GUI, for the console output. Just to clarify, are you saying it is impossible to underline, or impossible to colour or underline in the console? – V. Ro Oct 20 '16 at 02:57

Underline ANSI string not working as planned (In Java)

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