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| From | Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: Java Swing text as a grid? |
| Date | Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:03:25 -0400 |
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On 04/22/2014 11:45 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote: > On 04/22/2014 10:50 AM, rupertlssmith@googlemail.com wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'd like a text UI component that lets me place monospaced text within >> it, using row/column addressing. The built-in text controls are >> constructed around a Document model, which models text as a single >> stream (by stream I mean linear buffer of text), with rendered >> row/column derived from placement of newlines, wrapping strategy, and >> lots of other things. >> >> The Document model lets you have multiple root 'elements', each of >> which is a single stream. I'm thinking I could extend and existing >> text control, perhaps JTextArea, to render one root element per row, >> and disable all line wrapping. It might make more sense than having to >> insert newlines into the text stream to control row position. The key, I think, to working with the Swing text package is having your document model well sussed out before considering the views and controller. >> Does anyone have any thoughts on how to create a simple text grid UI >> control with Swing? I suppose I should take a look at lanterna, which >> must be achieving something similar to what I want, when emulating a >> console under Swing. You might look at the source of javax.swing.text.PlainView after you've got your document model completely worked out. > javax.swing.text is a big, and to my mind, complex package. > <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/swing/text/View.html> > Sorry I can't offer concrete suggestions. > >
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Java Swing text as a grid? rupertlssmith@googlemail.com - 2014-04-22 07:50 -0700
Re: Java Swing text as a grid? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-04-22 08:22 -0700
Re: Java Swing text as a grid? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-22 11:45 -0400
Re: Java Swing text as a grid? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-22 15:03 -0400
Re: Java Swing text as a grid? Rupert Smith <rupertlssmith@googlemail.com> - 2014-04-23 00:56 -0700
Re: Java Swing text as a grid? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-04-23 19:49 -0700
Re: Java Swing text as a grid? Rupert Smith <rupertlssmith@googlemail.com> - 2014-04-25 02:13 -0700
Re: Java Swing text as a grid? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-04-28 20:26 -0400
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