Adding text to a JTextPane without having it editable by the user?

java swing jtextpane
Fran Fitzpatrick picture Fran Fitzpatrick · Oct 20, 2010 · Viewed 14.6k times · Source

So I've created my own text pane class (extending JTextPane) and I'm using the method below to add text to it. However, the pane needs to be editable for it to add the text, but this allows a user to edit what is in the pane as well.

Can anyone tell me how to add text to the pane without letting the user manipulate what is there?

public void appendColor(Color c, String s) { 
    StyleContext sc = StyleContext.getDefaultStyleContext(); 
    AttributeSet aset = sc.addAttribute(SimpleAttributeSet.EMPTY, StyleConstants.Foreground, c);

    int len = getDocument().getLength(); 

    setCaretPosition(len); 

    setCharacterAttributes(aset, false);

    replaceSelection(s); 

    setCaretPosition(getDocument().getLength());
}

Answer

camickr picture camickr · Oct 20, 2010

Update the Document directly:

StyledDocument doc = textPane.getStyledDocument();
doc.insertString("text", doc.getLength(), attributes);

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