How to output using StyledDocument with HTML?

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I have a JTextPane, and I would like to output text in it using StyledDocument. Here is my StyledDocument object:

StyledDocument dox = (StyledDocument) textArea.getDocument();

Style style = dox.addStyle("StyleName", null);

StyleConstants.setFontFamily(style, Font.SANS_SERIF);
StyleConstants.setFontSize(style, 8);
dox.insertString(dox.getLength(), "<b>Some Text</b>", null);

The problem right now is if I edit the text with html code, it does not display the way I want. I want the text to be displayed as bolded instead of literally <b>Some Text</b>.

Is there a way to do this?

*"it does not display the way I want."* How do you want it? What does it display? — Andrew Thompson, Nov 28 '11 at 00:37
i want the text to be displayed as bolded instead of literally "Some Text" — livelaughlove, Nov 28 '11 at 00:39
You're not going to be able to make the text bold in a textarea without much more, if that's what you're doing. — phpmeh, Nov 28 '11 at 00:48

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 25 '14 at 22:49

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I did figure it out on my own in the end using HTMLEditorKit, here's the answer for futher reference

    StyledDocument dox = (StyledDocument) textArea.getDocument();
    textPane.setEditorKit(new HTMLEditorKit());

    textPane.setText("<b>Some Text</b>");

edited Aug 25 '14 at 22:49

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answered Feb 21 '12 at 17:08

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`textArea` and `textPane`. No actual apparent use of defined style. – Philip Whitehouse Dec 22 '12 at 13:59
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you don't need any StyledDocument for this at all. The given solution just re-parses the whole JTextPane content. // PS. ".setEditorKit(editorKit)" could also be .setContentType("text/html"); – phil294 Dec 16 '14 at 19:21

How to output using StyledDocument with HTML?

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