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Re: Text in JEditorPane with links to actions

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On 12/15/2012 11:02 AM, HawkLane wrote:
>
> My boss wants us to have like a help document in a Swing application.
> This means that if the user clicks on a special term (underlined), the
> "help text" (explanation of the term) is shown, whether in a pop-up
> window or something else. Is the best way to do this using a
> HyperlinkListener or something else?
>

I see JavaFx links are being added to the Java tutorial, by Oracle.  I 
think you'd be remiss to not think about JavaFX.  Here's the link from 
the tutorial:

<http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/ui_controls/editor.htm>

However my personal experience is "I dunno."  In general you do use 
HyperlinkListener to implement links with a JEditorPane.  Whether that's 
a good idea for "help text" is beyond my ken.

You should probably also have a look at JavaHelp if you stick to Swing. 
  However I've seen some people claim it's too complicated for what it 
does.  Rolling your own help in Java seems a popular option.

<http://javahelp.java.net/>


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Text in JEditorPane with links to actions H.L@softhome.net (HawkLane) - 2012-12-15 19:02 +0000
  Re: Text in JEditorPane with links to actions markspace <-@.> - 2012-12-15 14:06 -0800
  Re: Text in JEditorPane with links to actions Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-15 16:40 -0800
    Re: Text in JEditorPane with links to actions H.L@softhome.net (HawkLane) - 2012-12-24 12:01 +0000

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