Re: Easy TextArea problem PLEASE HELP

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From: grifftor
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:00

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In article <930831978.803997@Chaos.es.co.nz>,
  "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.
>
> How do I do this?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Michael Rowlands
>
>

Try this

textArea.getSelectedText().setFont(new Font(ari, Font.PLAIN, 12));

-Grifftor


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