Help: Attributes are ignored

Hi,

I want to print out a String with certain attributes. Therefore I´m
adding an StyledDocumentObject into an JTextArea.
Now "strange" things happen: the text is ("This is only a Test")
printed out on the screen but the attributes are ignored. I used the
getAttributeCount() method to count the attributes in the attribute
set and the number is as I expected.


The source code looks as follows:
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public class Test
{
protected JTextArea termArea;

termArea = new TextAreaCtl();
termArea.setEditable(false);

DefaultStyledDocument styledDoc = new DefaultStyledDocument();
SimpleAttributeSet mySimpleSet = new SimpleAttributeSet();
System.out.println("ANZATTR :"+ mySimpleSet.getAttributeCount());

StyleConstants.setBold(mySimpleSet, true);
StyleConstants.setForeground(mySimpleSet, Color.green);
System.out.println("ANZATTR :"+ mySimpleSet.getAttributeCount());

try
{
System.out.println("ANZATTR: "+ mySimpleSet.getAttributeCount());
styledDoc.insertString(0, "This is only a Test!", mySimpleSet);
}
catch(BadLocationException e) {System.out.println("Error");}

termArea.setDocument(styledDoc);
}



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The output is:

0
2
2
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Why are the changes in mySimpleSet ignored?

How can I overcome this?

kind regards,

Peter

At 12/17/2004 3:26:56 AM, Peter Theissen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to print out a String with certain attributes. Therefore I´m
> adding an StyledDocumentObject into an JTextArea.
> Now "strange" things happen: the text is ("This is only a Test")
> printed out on the screen but the attributes are ignored. I used the
> getAttributeCount() method to count the attributes in the attribute
> set and the number is as I expected.
>

A JTextArea cannot display text with attributes.  From the javadoc for
JTextArea:

A JTextArea is a multi-line area that displays PLAIN TEXT. (emphasis
added).

You need to use a JEditorPane instead.

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Jim McMaster
mailto:jim.mcmaster@comcast.net