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Hi, I am trying to create an application that has several JTextAreas. It also has a JMenuBar with Cut/Copy/Paste options. The problem is I do not know how to tell the paste menu action listener which JTextArea has the cursor so that it knows which JTextArea to paste the clipboard contents into. Can anybody help with this? Thanks in advance.

 
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When you say "has the cursor", the Java term for that is "the focus". So you might benefit from reading How to Use the Focus Subsystem and How to Write a Focus Listener.
 
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Cross posted and answered before this was even posted here: http://www.java-forums.org/awt-swing/44650-jtextarea-paste-function.html

Noboru, please Be Forthright When Cross Posting To Other Sites.
 
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