Highlighting text in a JTextArea

[tgib]

I have a text area that is populated with some data. The user is allowed to make updates and save it back to the database.&nbsp;&nbsp;They would like to have all current change to be &quot;highlighted&quot; until they have saved them.&nbsp;&nbsp;I can't use caret position and selection, because the edits can be in multiple areas of the same text field.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, if the text were selected, it would be replaced with the next keystroke.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Example.&nbsp;&nbsp;white background, black text.&nbsp;&nbsp;If user adds text, the background should be blue.&nbsp;&nbsp;If they delete text, it should remain on the screen and the background will change to red.&nbsp;&nbsp;If they deleted red background text, it should change back to white (ie: un-delete)<br><br>Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Tom

 

[tmoses]

I have never used the jtextarea class yet but you might look into the xor method in the graphics class. ? <p>moses<br><a href=mailto:tmoses@iname.com>tmoses@iname.com</a><br><a href=

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