Getting x,y co-ordinates of JTextpane

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Hi,

I have a JTextPane and want to know if there is a way to get the (x,y) pixel position of the current cursor. I don't want the caret position that's from getCaretPosition(), but the pixel co-ordinates of where the cursor currently is.

I'm using a variable width font in the pane, so simply multiplying the cursor position by some fixed width won't work.

I need this because I want a JPopUpMenu to appear directly below where the cursor is, and the JPopUpMenu show() method only takes (x,y) pixel coordinates.

All help is appreciated.

Thanks in Advance.

Posted 31-Mar-11 4:53am

rohit2

Updated 31-Mar-11 4:56am

Ramalinga Koushik

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Fredrik Bornander · Answer 1 · 2011-03-31T05:30:00

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Hi,

You can translate the caret position:

Java

Rectangle caretRectangle = 
   myTextPane.getUI().modelToView(myTextPanepane, myTextPanepane.getCaretPosition());

The caretRectangle will then hold the (x, y) for the lower part and the upper part of the caret in pixels.

Hope this helps,
Fredrik

Posted 31-Mar-11 5:30am

Fredrik Bornander

Updated 31-Mar-11 5:49am

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