Help needed using textArea

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2 total messages Started by Michael Rowlands Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:00

#1174

Author: Michael Rowlands
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:00

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Hi,
I wondered if anyone could tell me how to capture a users selection in the
textArea
i.e. when they want to cut and paste. As my methods currently overwrite all
text in the textArea, how do you get where the cursor  is currently
positioned and paste the text there. i.e.

   else
   if (cmd.equals(cutText))
   {
   StringSelection data = new StringSelection(textArea.getText());
   clipboard.setContents(data, data);
   textArea.setText("");
   // Think about select selection etc as setText does the lot
   }
   else
   if (cmd.equals(pasteText))
   {
        Transferable clipData = clipboard.getContents(this);
        String s;
        try
            {
             s =
(String)(clipData.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor));
            }
            catch (Exception evtt)
             {
             s = evtt.toString();
            }
        textArea.setText(s);
// I HAVE TRIED THE FOLLOWING
    // need anotrher var "int"  textArea.insert(s);
    // try insert from that Aussie "StringBuffer.insert(int, String);"
    // testing paste from editMan, doesnt work
    // textArea.paste(s);
   }

Cheers

Michael Rowlands

Re: Help needed using textArea

#1175

Author: Mr. Tines
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:00

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On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:38:03 +1200, in <930613456.245685@Chaos.es.co.nz>
          "Michael Rowlands" <michaelrowlands@bigfoot.com> wrote.....

> I wondered if anyone could tell me how to capture a users selection in
the
> textArea

use the getSelectedText() method and its related methods
inherited from java.awt.TextComponent

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