how to show error in result in red color in java

Question

I want to show error(text) in result in red color after compiling exec file and display it in textarea of gui using swing in java.

Answer 1

A normal JTextArea doesn't support fancy things like different colors of text. However, there are similar components that do. See http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/text.html

Answer 2

JEditorPane can get content formatted in HTML. The official Sun tutorial also gives some insight:

The JTextArea class provides a component that displays multiple lines of text and optionally allows the user to edit the text. If you need to obtain only one line of input from the user, you should use a text field. If you want the text area to display its text using multiple fonts or other styles, you should use an editor pane or text pane. If the displayed text has a limited length and is never edited by the user, use a label.

Answer 3

Here's a quick example of adding text to a JEditorPane using AttributeSet and StyleConstants.

This brings up a little frame with a JEditorPane and you can use it to add text of lots of colors without using HTML.

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;

public class TextColor extends JFrame implements ActionListener {

  JTextPane myTextPane;
  JTextArea inputTextArea;

  public TextColor() {
    super();
    JPanel temp = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
    inputTextArea = new JTextArea();
    JButton btn = new JButton("Add");
    btn.addActionListener(this);
    temp.add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    temp.add(inputTextArea, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    this.getContentPane().add(temp, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    myTextPane = new JTextPane();
    myTextPane.setBorder(new EtchedBorder());
    this.getContentPane().add(myTextPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    this.setSize(600, 600);
    this.setVisible(true);


  }

  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
    Color newTextColor = JColorChooser.showDialog(this, "Choose a Color", Color.black);
    //here is where we change the colors
    SimpleAttributeSet sas = new SimpleAttributeSet(myTextPane.getCharacterAttributes());
    StyleConstants.setForeground(sas, newTextColor);
    try {
      myTextPane.getDocument().insertString(myTextPane.getDocument().getLength(),
          inputTextArea.getText(), sas);
    } catch (BadLocationException ble) {
      ble.printStackTrace();
    }

  }

  public static void main(String args[]) {

    new TextColor();
  }

}

Answer 4

Smita,

take care to paste snippet of your code so that one can understand where exactly problem is or help is required.

Coming to your problem,

To the best of my knowledge, there is no way to set different colors for different text elements in textArea in java. You can set only one color for all.

Alternative is to use JTextPane.

See if following code helps your cause.

String text = "Some Text...";    //This can be any piece of string in your code like 
                                   output of your program...
JTextPane myTextPane = new JTextPane();

SimpleAttributeSet sas = new SimpleAttributeSet(myTextPane.getCharacterAttributes());


// As what error you were referring was not clear, I assume there is some code in your    
   program which pops out some error statement. For convenience I use Exception here..
if( text.contains("Exception") ) //Checking if your output contains Exception...
{
    StyleConstants.setForeground(sas, Color.red); //Changing the color of 
    StyleConstants.setItalic(sas, true);

    try
    {
       myTextPane.getDocument().insertString
       (
          myTextPane.getDocument().getLength(),
          text + "\n",
          sas
       );
    }
    catch( BadLocationException ble )
    {
        text.append(ble.getMessage());
    }
}
else
{
    StyleConstants.setForeground(sas, Color.GREEN);

    try
    {
       myTextPane.getDocument().insertString
       (
          myTextPane.getDocument().getLength(),
          text + "\n",
          sas
        );
    }
    catch(BadLocationException ble)
    {
        text.append(ble.getMessage());
    }
}

I guess this will solve your problem with few modifications.

Thanks.

Sushil