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Thanks for the help....your suggestions helped me to solve the problem.

Just for reference:
public Point getMagicCaretPosition()  returns the position relative to the
component.
public Point getLocationOnScreen() gives the origin of the component
relative to screen.

Thanks again.
George



"Paul Furbacher [TeamB]" <pfurbacher@mac.com> wrote in message
news:4087de4d$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> George wrote:
>
> > I have a JTextArea in which a user types SQL Commands.  I'd like to
provide
> > a token-completion feature i.e when the user types CTRL-space I want to
> > bring up a window with a list box of certain database object names
(similar
> > to what JBuilder provides in the editor).
> >
> > My problem is where to position this window.  How can I go from the
caret
> > location of the JTextArea to the x-y coordinates needed to position the
> > window?
>
> Well, the problem should be solvable by drilling
> down in the relevant component hierarchies:
>
> Just looking at the JTextField/JTextComponent API, there's
>
>    public Caret getCaret()
>
>
> Looking at Caret, there's
>
>    public Point getMagicCaretPosition()
>
>
> If the returned point is relative to the
> component itself, do the math after getting
> the origin of the component.  There are
> a number of relevant Component methods:
>
>    public Point getLocation()
>
>    public Point getLocationOnScreen()
>
>
> That's how I would proceed in trying to
> solve the problem.  I don't have the time
> to test whether these would actually solve
> your problem.  Give it a try.
>
>
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