How can I add a clickable URL in a JTextArea?

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I am writing an application and in that I am using JTextArea to display some text. Now I want to show some clickable URL in text area along with the normal text and I want if user click on the URL then the web page that URL referring to should open in new web browser window.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '11 at 09:54

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Use JEditorPane with HTMLEditorKit or JTextPane and set content type to "text/html"

answered May 14 '11 at 09:54

StanislavL

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See [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6000974/java-jeditorpane-hyperlink-problem/6001047#6001047) for a quick example. ;) – Andrew Thompson May 14 '11 at 09:59
I'll try that but I want to know is it possible to achieve this functionality with JTextarea? – Sandeep Kumar May 14 '11 at 10:20
@Sandy: I'm afraid it's not possible with JTextArea. – StanislavL May 14 '11 at 12:08
This will only allow you to add html content to the JTextPane/jEditorPane. I'm guessing you want the text to be converted into clickabe hyperlink(if it is) as you type. – Igor Oct 13 '12 at 14:03

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '11 at 10:02

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..url referring to should open in new web browser window.

// 1.6+
Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI);

answered May 14 '11 at 10:02

Andrew Thompson

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '19 at 15:11

Here is an example of opening links from JTextArea:

                JTextArea jtxa = new JTextArea(25,100);
                JScrollPane jsp = new JScrollPane(jtxa);
                JPanel jp = new JPanel();
                jp.add(jsp);
                jp.setSize(100,50);

                jtxa.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
                {
                    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me)
                    {
                        if(me.getClickCount()==2) //making sure there was a double click
                        {
                            int x = me.getX();
                            int y = me.getY();

                            int startOffset = jtxa.viewToModel(new Point(x, y));//where on jtextarea click was made
                            String text = jtxa.getText();
                            int searchHttp = 0;
                            int wordEndIndex = 0;
                            String[] words = text.split("\\s");//spliting the text to words. link will be a single word

                            for(String word:words)
                            {
                                if(word.startsWith("https://") || word.startsWith("http://"))//looking for the word representing the link
                                {
                                    searchHttp = text.indexOf(word);
                                    wordEndIndex = searchHttp+word.length();
                                    if(startOffset>=searchHttp && startOffset<=wordEndIndex)//after the link word was found, making sure the double click was made on this link
                                    {
                                        try
                                        {
                                            jtxa.select(searchHttp, wordEndIndex);
                                            desk.browse(new URI(word)); //opening the link in browser. Desktop desk = Desktop.getDesktop();
                                        }
                                        catch(Exception e)
                                        {
                                            e.printStackTrace();
                                        }

                                    }
                                }
                            }                           
                        }

                    }
                });

May be you could elaborate a little more about the crucial point in your answer. This can make it possible easier to understand for others. — mle, Mar 18 '19 at 15:19

How can I add a clickable URL in a JTextArea?

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