Change the color in my program

[carl]

Hi, I am trying to learn Java but i have some problems.
I want to know how i can show dynamically the fonts provided by my operating System in a choice Fonts =new Choice()?

I want also need a choice for changing the colors of a string... I know how to create some colors in the choice...

Code:

Choice Fontcolor=new Choice();
Fontcolor.addItem("Red");
Fontcolor.addItem("Blue");

Do you know something better than this? For example something that i can use it immediately for changing the color.... I was thinking if it is possible instead of text colors ..... to use colored lines in the choice... Is this possible?

Finally how i can change the color of a String?
I have a String inside a TextArea...i can;t find any option for this? Any suggestion?
Thanks.

[hardwired]

The GraphicsEnvironment class has a couple of handy methods you can use to get the fonts and their names.

Code:

GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
Font[] fonts = ge.getAllFonts();
String[] names = ge.getAvailableFontFamilyNames();

is possible instead of text colors ..... to use colored lines in the choice... Is this possible?
I don't think you could do this in the AWT. I think you could in Swing by making a custom renderer for a JComboBox.
Usually, I would use an array of Colors and fetch the color using the selectedIndex of the Choice.

how i can change the color of a String? I have a String inside a TextArea
TextArea supports only a single color and font. For multiple colors and fonts you will need to use a JTextPane and a StyledDocument.