Re: Easy TextArea problem PLEASE HELP

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From: Philip Brown
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 00:00

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On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 23:41:18 GMT, grifftor@my-deja.com wrote:
>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));
>>...

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

huh?
do try things out before you post them. 
That is equivalent to

"Heres a string".setFont(....);

and besides which, you can't have multiple fonts in a TextArea


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From: phil+s3@bolthole.no-bots.com (Philip Brown)
Subject: Re: Easy TextArea problem PLEASE HELP
Date: 1999/07/02
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