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select a row inJTextArea using CaretPosition

akila kann
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How to select a entire row in JTextArea using the Caret Position?.

Cindy Glass
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If you are using JDK1.3 you can use the setSelectionStart(int) and setSelectionEnd(int) methods. Course you would need to know the Caret Positions that correspond to those.

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