JTextArea question

[Peter Primrose]

Hi guys,

I wonder if there's anyway to (1) press a button (say ctrl-t) and the JtextArea will write a the NAME of the user (NAME=some string prepared in advance).

Currently I have it with a jbutton - but when the user press this button, the NAME is *append* to the jtextArea and not (2) getting in the right place (where the cursor is located).

any idea?

Thanks

[Craig Wood]

You can bind these keys and the corresponding Action to the JTextArea or one of its parent JComponents. The How to Use Key Bindings page in the tutorial shows how to do this.

JTextArea has an insert method that may be useful for adding the name. Also, its superclass JTextComponent has handy methods for moving around in a JTextArea. You can find the JTextComponent methods that apply to JTextArea in the Methods inherited from class javax.swing.text.JTextComponent section of the JTextArea api.