Displaying a "floating" JLabel at the caret position

cyberiapc_at_gmail.com
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: 30 Jan 2005 02:55:30 -0800

Hi everyone,

I've got a JTextArea that serves as a very basic XSLT editor. One of
its functions is to allow the user to input elements via accelarators
(e.g. Ctrl+Shift+t inserts a <xsl:template> element). Is it possible to
display a component, such as a JLabel, at the position of the caret in
the JTextArea? The intention is to populate it with information about
what letter inserts what element)

Because my JFrame's LayoutManager is set to BorderLayout, I don't see
how I'd be able to position the JLabel at specific x,y coordinates
relative to the caret.

Thanks for any pointers.

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