Adding something to beginning of JTextArea

Hey guys, i have a questions...

1: Is there a way to add something to the beginning of each line in a JTextArea? I am making a notepad like application, and i would like to add something like in notepad++, where it displays what line you are on. I'd like it to work just like notepad++ where it doesn't display the number of rows not used yet.

If that doesn't make sense i can try and clarify. Thanks in advance!

-Huskies

with JTextArea you can only add numbers or other kind of marks at the beginning of lines.
simpliest way:

for determining number of lines -

Code:

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jTextArea.getLineCount()

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getting number of columns -

Code:

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jTextArea.getColumns()

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calculate position in text to insert line numbers

inserting text -

Code:

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jTextArea.insert(String lineNumber, int position)

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consider using JEditorPane or JTextPane instead
take a look:
How to Use Editor Panes and Text Panes (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)

With some googling you can probably find examples of what you are looking for. Like Milovan said, you will need to switch to JTextPane(which adds more power to the editor).

will do! thanks for the input

Having played around with the JTextPane, i am still confused. in the following code, i want to put the symbol ">>" in front of every line that is typed. I am trying to use a key listener, which probably isn't the best way, but i figured it was a good time to learn. here is my code:

Code:

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package textpanetest;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class TextPaneTest {

    JTextPane text;
   
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        TextPaneTest test = new TextPaneTest();
        test.makeWindow();
    }
   
    private void makeWindow(){
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Text Pane v1.0");
        frame.setSize(600,300);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
       
        text = new JTextPane();
        text.setFont(new Font("Lucida Console", Font.BOLD, 18));
       
        text.setText(">>");
       
        text.addKeyListener(new EnterKeyPressed());
        JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(text);
       
        frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, scroll);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
   
    private void enter(String s, AttributeSet att){
        Document d = text.getDocument();
        int position = text.getCaretPosition();
        try{d.insertString(position,s,att);}
        catch(BadLocationException ble){}
    }
   
    private class EnterKeyPressed implements KeyListener{

        @Override
        public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
        }

        @Override
        public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
            int keyCode = e.getKeyCode();
            if(keyCode == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER){
                enter("\n>>",null);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
        }
   
    }
}

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i have 2 questions:

1: when i run the application, the cursor automatically starts behind the first ">>". How can i get it to go in front of it

2: when i click enter, this is what the text looks like (i know its a code box, but pretend its the textPane)

Code:

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>>blah
>>
blah

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i hope that made sense. if not, i can clarify.