Re: editor how to
Oliver Wong wrote:
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I'd actually imagine that the first step would be use a JFrame. I can't
imagine the OP doing much with a JTextArea without a root container, and
getting an empty window to show up somewhere on the screen is the GUI
universe's equivalent of "Hello World".
As for not using the alternatives, JFrame is probably the closest to
what the OP wants, given that (s)he's writing a text editor, and that (s)he
seems new to GUIs (and thus probably doesn't want to do anything too fancy
for a first try).
<(slightly) tongue in cheek>
not 'too fancy'? Then we're talking 'Frame/TextArea'!
It'll do plain text just fine. The AWT TextArea even
has a built-in scrollbars, so no need for the JScrollPane.
(And FileDialog is a lot easier to use than that damnable
JFileChooser!)
</(slightly) tongue in cheek>
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