How to highlight a word in the JTextArea java using different colors?

Asked Nov 14 '17 at 08:53

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I have a java code which requires highlighting different words in a text area using different colors. I managed to get the default blue color highlighting by

JTextArea textArea=new JTextArea();
textArea.setText('some text in textArea');
String tx=textArea.getText();
Highlighter h=textArea.getHighlighter();
String string_to_highlight=  "text";
int pos=tx.indexOf(string_to_highlight,0);
h.addHighlight(pos, pos+string_to_highlight.length(), DefaultHighliter.DefaultPainter);

Could anyone please help me to get other colors like Red, Yellow, etc. Thanks.

asked Nov 14 '17 at 08:53

Nipuna Dilhara

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Better to use a `JEditorPane`, it's designed for it – MadProgrammer Nov 14 '17 at 10:10
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There is no need to use a JEditorPane since it used for displaying HTML. – camickr Nov 14 '17 at 15:40

How to highlight a word in the JTextArea java using different colors?

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