how to set multiple colors in a JtextArea

**valery** · 07-30-2007, 03:21 PM

I want to color certain keywords as the users are typing.
but I don't know how to use multiple colors in a JTextarea.
Do you have any idea ?

**hardwired** · 07-31-2007, 02:15 AM

Yes. JTextArea supports only a single foreground color, background color and font. To Have more than this you can work with a StyledDocument in a JTextPane.
For discussion and example code see How to Use Editor Panes and Text Panes, especially the section An Example of Using a Text Pane.