Re: Easy TextArea problem PLEASE HELP

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From: Dave Postill
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:00

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[This followup was posted to comp.lang.java.gui, cc: the cited author, Michael Rowlands]

In article <930831978.803997@Chaos.es.co.nz>, on Fri, 2 Jul 1999 00:21:38 +1200, "Michael Rowlands"
<michaelrowlands@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> Hi I am making a simple text editor and am trying to implemented a font
> change when a user uses a drop down menu and selects the font i.e. Arial the
> way I have it now is
> 
> textArea.setFont(new Font(ari, Font.PLAIN, 12));
> 
> // ari is defined by "private String ari = new String("Arial");"
> 
> The program changes fonts but changes the whole textArea, when I only want
> to change the user selection in the textArea.

Use a JTextPane.

davep
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Date: 1999/07/01
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