Why won't this TextArea return to non-Bold format, or is Font.PLAIN just like an "add-on"?

Question

I am trying to Create a Simple Notepad in Java, i would post the full code but i didnt think it would be necessary since the problem is here(i think). Please Help.

    if(cb.getSelectedItem().equals("Plain")){
  MainText.setFont(new Font(getFontName(MainText),Font.PLAIN,getFontSize(MainText)));}

here are the above used methods

public int getFontSize(TextArea t){
    return t.getFont().getSize();
}
public String getFontName(TextArea t){
    return t.getFont().getFontName();
}
public int getFontStyle(TextArea t){
    return t.getFont().getStyle();
}

Answer 1

Setting the Font the way you have it is perfectly fine. You can also do it like this:

 MainText.setFont(MainText.getFont().deriveFont(Font.PLAIN));

As the Font code is fine, you should ensure that your cb.getSelecedItem test is working as expected. Perhaps stepping through or including some debug statements would be a good next step.

Also, note that in Java it is convention to begin variable names with lower case letters. Upper is used to start class names.