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Realtime text in Java
Hi,
I have written a drawing applet (somewhat like paintbrush). I would like to add real-time text typing to it i.e. the user should be able to click anywhere on the screen and type text on it character by character and see it simultaneously.
Currently, I am using a seperate dialog box that lets the user type in the text in a textfield, and the whole string is displayed on the string at a mouseclick using Graphics.drawString.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian
I have written a drawing applet (somewhat like paintbrush). I would like to add real-time text typing to it i.e. the user should be able to click anywhere on the screen and type text on it character by character and see it simultaneously.
Currently, I am using a seperate dialog box that lets the user type in the text in a textfield, and the whole string is displayed on the string at a mouseclick using Graphics.drawString.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian
Mick Barry
add a listender to the text field and update the display whenever the text entered changes.
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I want to remove the dialog box completely. The user should be able to click at any location on the applet screen and begin typing at that coordinate (I dont care about the font). It would be nice to have a blinking cursor too...but thats wishful thinking. I tried calling drawstring on every keyTyped event, but enabling backspace in this case would require redrawing the entire applet.
Is there a way to add a transparent JTextfield upon every mousePressed at that coordinate?
Is there a way to add a transparent JTextfield upon every mousePressed at that coordinate?
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