Re: Search advanced TextArea (bold, underline, different font-sizes...)

From: Jared Dykstra (dyksjare_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/26/04 

Date: 26 Jan 2004 12:09:33 -0800

nuke.vanDyke@gmx.li (Nuke van Dyke) wrote in message news:<c2818654.0401260520.53b03997@posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I'm searching for an advanced TextArea GUI Component.
> Should be written in Swing.
> Possible open source!!
>
> It should handle
> - stylings like underline, bold, italic, colors
> - different font-sizes
> - optional support for embedded pictures
>
> For examle the input area for mails in MS-Outlook or the editor in Office.
> But not so complex. Just the requirements mentioned above.
>
> Does someone know such a class/package??
>
> Thanks a lot!
> bye nuke

Is this to be run client-side? (eg applet in a browser) If so, or if
in some other enviroment where javascript is available, there are some
very good javascript tools that present a GUI interface but produce
HTML. Once such open-source tool is 'Typetool':

http://vietdev.sourceforge.net/jscript/index.html

This utility has been incorporated in the postnuke PHP portal system. 

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Jared Dykstra
http://www.bork.org/~jared