Syntax colouring using Swing

Question

Is it possible to have something like a JTextArea which will color some keywords based on some mappings I have ?

Answer 1

I am not sure, because I believe JTextArea only directly supports a single font in a single color.

According to SyntaxHighlighter Class article, JTextPane is the way to go.

Answer 2

Here are a few other choices that you could try

1. http://ostermiller.org/syntax/editor.html
2. http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/text/editor_kit/index.html
3. http://fifesoft.com/rsyntaxtextarea/
4. http://code.google.com/p/jsyntaxpane/