How to add text different color on JTextPane

java swing jtextpane
Almira Bojani picture Almira Bojani · May 20, 2011 · Viewed 52.1k times · Source

Can anybody help me with simple log, I have to add at first line on JTextPane log messages with chosen color ( green ok, red failure ). How to achieve this ?

Answer

Snukus picture Snukus · May 20, 2011

This will print out "BLAH BLEG" in two different colors.

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane();
        StyledDocument doc = textPane.getStyledDocument();

        Style style = textPane.addStyle("I'm a Style", null);
        StyleConstants.setForeground(style, Color.red);

        try { doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), "BLAH ",style); }
        catch (BadLocationException e){}

        StyleConstants.setForeground(style, Color.blue);

        try { doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), "BLEH",style); }
        catch (BadLocationException e){}

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test");
        frame.getContentPane().add(textPane);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

Look here: Style Tutorial

and check the section labeled: An Example of Using a Text Pane for a great example of how to dynamically change the colors.

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