What is best control in Java for simple editor

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I need to implement light editor ( recognize part of key words, syntax highlight and suggest all of word in dropdown list if user type part with same prefix). What is best control in Java for this task ?

What criteria are you judging "best" by? – Pops Apr 12 '11 at 14:02 — Pops, Apr 12 '11 at 14:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '11 at 14:11

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You can go through the Java Tutorial - Using Text Components along with the examples page.

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Koekiebox

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 12 '11 at 14:12

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You could use JEditTextArea as a start point.

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Riduidel

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 12 '11 at 14:23

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I recommend to reuse the editor of NetBeans or Eclipse.

http://wiki.netbeans.org/How_to_create_support_for_a_new_language

http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/nbm-code-completion.html

http://netbeans.org/kb/trails/platform.html

answered Apr 12 '11 at 14:23

Puce

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What is best control in Java for simple editor

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