A
TextArea
is like a
TextField
except that it can have multiple lines and has significantly more
functionality. In addition to what you can do with a
TextField,
you can append text and insert or replace text at a given location. It seems
like this functionality could be useful for
TextField
as well, so it’s a little confusing to try to detect how the distinction
is made. You might think that if you want
TextArea
functionality everywhere you can simply use a one line
TextArea
in places where you would otherwise use a
TextField.
In Java 1.0,
you also got scroll bars with a
TextArea
even
when they weren’t appropriate; that is, you got both vertical and
horizontal scroll bars for a one line
TextArea.
In Java 1.1
this was remedied with an extra constructor that allows you to select which
scroll bars (if any) are present. The following example shows only the Java 1.0
behavior, in which the scrollbars are always on. Later in the chapter
you’ll see an example that demonstrates Java 1.1
TextAreas.
//: TextArea1.java
// Using the text area control
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class TextArea1 extends Applet {
Button b1 = new Button("Text Area 1");
Button b2 = new Button("Text Area 2");
Button b3 = new Button("Replace Text");
Button b4 = new Button("Insert Text");
TextArea t1 = new TextArea("t1", 1, 30);
TextArea t2 = new TextArea("t2", 4, 30);
public void init() {
add(b1);
add(t1);
add(b2);
add(t2);
add(b3);
add(b4);
}
public boolean action (Event evt, Object arg) {
if(evt.target.equals(b1))
getAppletContext().showStatus(t1.getText());
else if(evt.target.equals(b2)) {
t2.setText("Inserted by Button 2");
t2.appendText(": " + t1.getText());
getAppletContext().showStatus(t2.getText());
}
else if(evt.target.equals(b3)) {
String s = " Replacement ";
t2.replaceText(s, 3, 3 + s.length());
}
else if(evt.target.equals(b4))
t2.insertText(" Inserted ", 10);
// Let the base class handle it:
else
return super.action(evt, arg);
return true; // We've handled it here
}
} ///:~
There
are several different
TextArea
constructors, but the one shown here gives a starting string and the number of
rows and columns. The different buttons show getting, appending, replacing, and
inserting text.
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