Thanks Roger.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Roger L. Whitcomb < roger.whitc...@actian.com> wrote: > Hi Ajay, > There are two methods in TextArea that could be used: > setSelection(int selectionStart, int selectionLength); or > setSelection(Span selection); > If you already know the offset and length of where you want to > select, then you can use the first one: > ... in your ButtonPressListener ... > int start = <starting offset of text to select>; > int length = <length of text>; > textArea.clearSelection(); > textArea.setSelection(start, length); > > Alternatively, you can use the methods that involve a Span > object: > Span span = new Span(start, end); > textArea.setSelection(span); > > HTH, > ~Roger Whitcomb > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ajay Bhat [mailto:a.ajay.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:44 AM > To: dev@pivot.apache.org > Subject: How to highlight text using Pivot? > > Hi, > > I'm using Pivot API for GUI application. I'd like to know how I can > display some text in a text area being highlighted, by basically being > selected when I use a ActionListener. > > Eg: Entered text is: > > The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. > > And I want to highlight the word 'quick' in the text area by having it > selected on clicking some button. How do I do it? > > Thanks, > Ajay >
