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call the method setEditable(false) on the jtextarea
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call the method setEditable(false) on the jtextarea

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U can as well call setEnabled(false).
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please revert your answer to a comment... it amounts to the same thing that i said, just 2.5 hours later<br />
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setEditable and setEnabled would both work just as well... there are subtle differences but none that you'll notice in a simple application
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please revert your answer to a comment... it amounts to the same thing that i said, just 2.5 hours later

setEditable and setEnabled would both work just as well... there are subtle differences but none that you'll notice in a simple application

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or u can use JTextArea.setEnable(false)<wbr />;<br />
which will cause Jtextarea to be disbled totally<br />
RJackman
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or u can use JTextArea.setEnable(false);
which will cause Jtextarea to be disbled totally
RJackman

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adam923 I am rejecting venkat2000's answer, change your comment to an answer so that I can accept it.<br />
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Thanks.<br />
Theta.<br />

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adam923 I am rejecting venkat2000's answer, change your comment to an answer so that I can accept it.

Thanks.
Theta.


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I have a JTextArea which I am using to display messages only, is there a way to disable any typing on it?<br />
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Theta.<br />

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I have a JTextArea which I am using to display messages only, is there a way to disable any typing on it?

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Is there a way to disable JTextArea from keystrokes?

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