Convert a word position in a document into an X-Y position

Question

Hello,
I have a JEditorPane and I want to convert the position of a word into an XY position.
For example, I open a document in my JEditorPane that contains the word "hello".
The following code gives me the position of the word "hello" in the document text:
int position = 0;
javax.swing.text.Document doc = documentManager.getDocumentEditor().getDocument();
try {
   position = doc.getText(0, doc.getLength()).indexOf("hello");
} catch (BadLocationException ex) {
}What I want is to convert this position into an XY position that corresponds to the real position of the word in the document.
In fact, I am searching for a method that give the same results as getMagicCaretPosition(), but without the need to use the caret...
Edit: I found myself, it's the "modelToView(int position)" method that return a Rectangle. The x-y values indicates the exact starting position of the word according to the document.
Edited by: pydon on Jul 11, 2008 11:22 AM

Answer 1

I found myself, it's the "modelToView(int position)" method that returns a Rectangle. The x-y values indicates the exact starting position of the word in the document.