Thread: Multiple colors for a textfield

Hello,

I have a question about JTextArea colors. When i set the color to blue and then write something on the JTextArea (JTextArea.append) and then set it back to black everything will be black. How can i solve that? Like in Notepad++ or Eclipse when you write keywords in a JTextArea (where you write your code) only some words change color.

This is my code:

// All the imports
 
public class whatever extends JFrame {
 
JTextArea a = new JTextArea();
 
public whatever() {
 
super("Title");
 
add(a);
 
a.setForeground(Color.RED);
a.append("Hello there");
a.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
 
}
 
}
 
public static void main(String[] args) {
 
whatever object = new whatever();
object.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
object.setSize(400, 500);
object.setVisible(true);
 
}

You cant. The JTextField does not support multiple colors at once.
You can either subclass the JTextField and overwrite the paintComponent method or you use a different component, for example the JTextPane.

I said JTextArea not a JTextField