Thread: adding Checkboxes to JTextArea

 
JTextArea display = new JTextArea();
  CheckboxGroup idList = new CheckboxGroup();
    Checkbox cID=null;
display.append(add(new Checkbox(idno, idList, false))  + " " + thirdrow + " " + firstrow + " " + "#" + secondrow + " " + fifthrow + " " + sixthrow + "/" + seventhrow + "/" + eightrow + " TO " + ninerow + "/" + tenrow + "/" + elevenrow + " " + "$" + twelverow + " "  + fourthrow + "\n" + "\n");

idno is an int from the mysql..

i want to insert the checkbox to the JTextArea so that the user could select which entry he want to make the update... the error or bug i get is shown in picture

shown in picture

What is shown looks like what is returned by the object's toString() method. When you build a String and concatenate an object into it, the compiler calls the object's toString() to get a String to concatentate.
The append() method takes a String as an argument.
If you want to put components into a text display area, look at using the JTextPane class.

Originally Posted by Norm

What is shown looks like what is returned by the object's toString() method. When you build a String and concatenate an object into it, the compiler calls the object's toString() to get a String to concatentate.
The append() method takes a String as an argument.
If you want to put components into a text display area, look at using the JTextPane class.

sorry i am really new to this topic of java... after reading the API file i don't really understand how do i merge the JTextArea with my Checkbox with the JTextPane??

merge the JTextArea with my Checkbox with the JTextPane??

The JTextPane replaces the JTextArea.
The JTextPane allows you to display text and to have components like a Checkbox in with the text.
Very similar to how HTML allows text and controls to be displayed in the same area.

CheckBox seems like only allow 1box to be selected at any 1 time..

I don't think that is correct. You can select all or none. Are you thinking of RadioButtons where only one of a group can be selected at a time.

how do i handle the selected boxes

Read the Tutorial: How to Use Buttons, Check Boxes, and Radio Buttons (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)