Re: Two Swing question

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:57:18 -0600
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.help
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Sj=F6blom wrote:
> If I understood the Sun swing tutorial correctly, any code in an event
> handler method may safely modify swing components after they are
> visible. Is it safe to bring up a dialog in an event handler method and
> from the dialog modify the components of the dialog owner? Does it
> matter if the dialog is modal or non-modal?
All of this is fine, regardless of the modality of the dialog. The=20
issue is keeping any code that calls methods on realized Swing=20
components in the AWT event thread. Since event handlers for Swing are=20
called in the AWT event thread, you can do anything you like to realized=20
Swing components from there.
> How would I go about making a TextPane or EditorPane with syntax
> highlighting? Pointers to relevant API chapters or source code would be
> appreciated.
A good place to start is the API docs for javax.swing.text.Highlighter=20
and its implementing classes.
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