Creating a WYSIWYG HTML editor

quick question:
I'm creating an HTML editor using JTextPane for my GUI and an HTMLEditorKit in the back. I'm just running a simple test with the following html file:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
 
 let's make a web page
 
 
 
 
 just to see if this works
 
</body>
</html>I'm calling
HTMLEditorKit editorKit = new HTMLEditorKit();
HTMLDocument doc = (HTMLDocument) editorKit.createDefaultDocument();
editorKit.read(m_reader, this.getDoc(), 0);where m_reader is a FileReader linked to the above file.
Then I'm using that as the content for my JTextPane by saying
textPane = new JTextPane(doc);Then when I do a System.out.print(textPane.getText()), I get:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
 
 
</body>
</html>any ideas?

Originally posted by: aullah.thinkanalytics.com
Jai Kejriwal wrote:
> I am trying to create a WYSIWYG HTML editor. For text boxes, I thought it
> would
> be best to use the swt text widget that could be dragged and dropped.
> However,
> the text widget needs to have a Composite that it can be added on to. Does
> this
> mean that I will have to create my own visual representation of a text
> widget by
> extending the Figure class?
> Also, if you all have any experience/ideas of how I should proceed with
> creating a WYSIWYG
> HTML editor, I welcome your input. Particularly, what layout should I use
> for the base page,
> and how should I handle code generation. I am a newbie so the help means a
> lot.
I'd create my own Draw2D figure to render text boxes and other html
elements. SWT widgets can't (as far as I know) be embedded in the GEF
GrapicalViewer's main (SWT) control. You're building blocks are Draw2D
figures. A nice emulated lightweight solution (c.f swing).
The other great advantage, is that a figure based TextField gives you the
the ability to style the appearance of the textbox, ie border, colour, etc.
You could create a base figure styling interface.
The TextField or TextBox, could be based on a draw2d.text FlowFigure.
You're also going to need to have some form of FlowLayout for the page,
to emulate how elements flow on a HTML page in a browser.
I guess the Logic Diagram labels are a good place to start looking.

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import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import java.io.*;
class Highlighter extends DefaultStyledDocument{
 private DefaultStyledDocument doc;
 private Element rootElement;
 private boolean multiLineComment;
 private MutableAttributeSet normal;
 private MutableAttributeSet keyword;
 private MutableAttributeSet comment;
 private MutableAttributeSet quote;
 private MutableAttributeSet tabSpace;
 private Hashtable keywords;
public Highlighter(){
 doc = this;
 rootElement = doc.getDefaultRootElement();
 putProperty(DefaultEditorKit.EndOfLineStringProperty, "\n" );
 normal = new SimpleAttributeSet();
 StyleConstants.setForeground(normal, Color.black);
 comment = new SimpleAttributeSet();
 StyleConstants.setForeground(comment, Color.green);
 StyleConstants.setItalic(comment, true);
 keyword = new SimpleAttributeSet();
 StyleConstants.setForeground(keyword, Color.blue);
 quote = new SimpleAttributeSet();
 StyleConstants.setForeground(quote, Color.red);
 Object dummyObject = new Object();
 keywords = new Hashtable();
 keywords.put( "abstract", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "boolean", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "break", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "byte", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "byvalue", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "case", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "cast", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "catch", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "char", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "class", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "continue", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "default", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "do", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "double", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "else", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "extends", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "false", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "final", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "finally", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "float", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "for", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "if", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "implements", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "import", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "instanceof", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "int", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "interface", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "long", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "new", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "null", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "package", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "private", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "protected", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "public", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "return", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "short", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "static", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "super", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "switch", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "synchronized", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "this", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "throw", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "throws", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "transient", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "true", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "try", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "void", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "volatile", dummyObject );
 keywords.put( "while", dummyObject );
* Override to apply syntax highlighting after the document has been updated
 public void insertString(int offset, String str, AttributeSet a)
 throws BadLocationException{
 if (str.equals("{"))
 str = addMatchingBrace(offset);
 super.insertString(offset, str, a);
 processChangedLines(offset, str.length());
* Override to apply syntax highlighting after the document has been updated
 public void remove(int offset, int length) throws BadLocationException{
 super.remove(offset, length);
 processChangedLines(offset, 0);
* Determine how many lines have been changed,
* then apply highlighting to each line
 private void processChangedLines(int offset, int length)
 throws BadLocationException {
 String content = doc.getText(0, doc.getLength());
 // The lines affected by the latest document update
 int startLine = rootElement.getElementIndex( offset );
 int endLine = rootElement.getElementIndex( offset + length );
 // Make sure all comment lines prior to the start line are commented
 // and determine if the start line is still in a multi line comment
 setMultiLineComment( commentLinesBefore( content, startLine ) );
 // Do the actual highlighting
 for (int i = startLine; i <= endLine; i++){
 applyHighlighting(content, i);
 // Resolve highlighting to the next end multi line delimiter
 if (isMultiLineComment())commentLinesAfter(content, endLine);
 else highlightLinesAfter(content, endLine);
* Highlight lines when a multi line comment is still 'open'
* (ie. matching end delimiter has not yet been encountered)
 private boolean commentLinesBefore(String content, int line){
 int offset = rootElement.getElement( line ).getStartOffset();
 // Start of comment not found, nothing to do
 int startDelimiter = lastIndexOf( content, getStartDelimiter(), offset-2);
 if (startDelimiter < 0)return false;
 // Matching start/end of comment found, nothing to do
 int endDelimiter = indexOf( content, getEndDelimiter(), startDelimiter );
 if (endDelimiter < offset & endDelimiter != -1)return false;
 // End of comment not found, highlight the lines
 doc.setCharacterAttributes(startDelimiter, offset - startDelimiter + 1, comment, false);
 return true;
* Highlight comment lines to matching end delimiter
 private void commentLinesAfter(String content, int line){
 int offset = rootElement.getElement( line ).getEndOffset();
 // End of comment not found, nothing to do
 int endDelimiter = indexOf( content, getEndDelimiter(), offset );
 if (endDelimiter < 0) return;
 // Matching start/end of comment found, comment the lines
 int startDelimiter = lastIndexOf( content, getStartDelimiter(), endDelimiter );
 if (startDelimiter < 0 || startDelimiter <= offset){
 doc.setCharacterAttributes(offset, endDelimiter - offset + 1, comment, false);
* Highlight lines to start or end delimiter
 private void highlightLinesAfter(String content, int line)
 throws BadLocationException{
 int offset = rootElement.getElement( line ).getEndOffset();
 // Start/End delimiter not found, nothing to do
 int startDelimiter = indexOf( content, getStartDelimiter(), offset );
 int endDelimiter = indexOf( content, getEndDelimiter(), offset );
 if (startDelimiter < 0) startDelimiter = content.length();
 if (endDelimiter < 0)endDelimiter = content.length();
 int delimiter = Math.min(startDelimiter, endDelimiter);
 if (delimiter < offset)return;
 // Start/End delimiter found, reapply highlighting
 int endLine = rootElement.getElementIndex( delimiter );
 for (int i = line + 1; i < endLine; i++){
 Element branch = rootElement.getElement( i );
 Element leaf = doc.getCharacterElement( branch.getStartOffset() );
 AttributeSet as = leaf.getAttributes();
 if ( as.isEqual(comment) )applyHighlighting(content, i);
* Parse the line to determine the appropriate highlighting
 private void applyHighlighting(String content, int line)
 throws BadLocationException{
 int startOffset = rootElement.getElement( line ).getStartOffset();
 int endOffset = rootElement.getElement( line ).getEndOffset() - 1;
 int lineLength = endOffset - startOffset;
 int contentLength = content.length();
 if (endOffset >= contentLength)endOffset = contentLength - 1;
 // check for multi line comments
 // (always set the comment attribute for the entire line)
 if (endingMultiLineComment(content, startOffset, endOffset)
 ||isMultiLineComment()||startingMultiLineComment(content, startOffset, endOffset)){
 doc.setCharacterAttributes(startOffset, endOffset - startOffset + 1, comment, false);
 return;
 // set normal attributes for the line
 doc.setCharacterAttributes(startOffset, lineLength, normal, true);
 // check for single line comment
 int index = content.indexOf(getSingleLineDelimiter(), startOffset);
 if ( (index > -1) && (index < endOffset) ){
 doc.setCharacterAttributes(index, endOffset - index + 1, comment, false);
 endOffset = index - 1;
 // check for tokens
 checkForTokens(content, startOffset, endOffset);
* Does this line contain the start delimiter
 private boolean startingMultiLineComment(String content, int startOffset, int endOffset)
 throws BadLocationException{
 int index = indexOf( content, getStartDelimiter(), startOffset );
 if ( (index < 0) || (index > endOffset) )return false;
 else{
 setMultiLineComment( true );
 return true;
* Does this line contain the end delimiter
 private boolean endingMultiLineComment(String content, int startOffset, int endOffset)
 throws BadLocationException{
 int index = indexOf( content, getEndDelimiter(), startOffset );
 if ( (index < 0) || (index > endOffset) )return false;
 else{
 setMultiLineComment( false );
 return true;
* We have found a start delimiter
* and are still searching for the end delimiter
 private boolean isMultiLineComment(){
 return multiLineComment;
 private void setMultiLineComment(boolean value){
 multiLineComment = value;
* Parse the line for tokens to highlight
 private void checkForTokens(String content, int startOffset, int endOffset){
 while (startOffset <= endOffset){
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 while (isDelimiter(content.substring(startOffset, startOffset+1))){
 if (startOffset < endOffset)startOffset++;
 else return;
 // Extract and process the entire token
 if (isQuoteDelimiter( content.substring(startOffset, startOffset + 1)))
 startOffset = getQuoteToken(content, startOffset, endOffset);
 else startOffset = getOtherToken(content, startOffset, endOffset);
 private int getQuoteToken(String content, int startOffset, int endOffset){
 String quoteDelimiter = content.substring(startOffset, startOffset + 1);
 String escapeString = getEscapeString(quoteDelimiter);
 int index;
 int endOfQuote = startOffset;
 // skip over the escape quotes in this quote
 index = content.indexOf(escapeString, endOfQuote + 1);
 while ( (index > -1) && (index < endOffset) ){
 endOfQuote = index + 1;
 index = content.indexOf(escapeString, endOfQuote);
 // now find the matching delimiter
 index = content.indexOf(quoteDelimiter, endOfQuote + 1);
 if ( (index < 0) || (index > endOffset) )endOfQuote = endOffset;
 else endOfQuote = index;
 doc.setCharacterAttributes(startOffset, endOfQuote-startOffset+1, quote, false);
 return endOfQuote + 1;
 private int getOtherToken(String content, int startOffset, int endOffset){
 int endOfToken = startOffset + 1;
 while (endOfToken <= endOffset ){
 if (isDelimiter(content.substring(endOfToken, endOfToken+1)))break;
 endOfToken++;
 String token = content.substring(startOffset, endOfToken);
 if ( isKeyword( token ) )
 doc.setCharacterAttributes(startOffset, endOfToken-startOffset, keyword, false);
 return endOfToken + 1;
* Assume the needle will the found at the start/end of the line
 private int indexOf(String content, String needle, int offset){
 int index;
 while ( (index = content.indexOf(needle, offset)) != -1 ){
 String text = getLine( content, index ).trim();
 if (text.startsWith(needle) || text.endsWith(needle))break;
 else offset = index + 1;
 return index;
* Assume the needle will the found at the start/end of the line
 private int lastIndexOf(String content, String needle, int offset){
 int index;
 while ( (index = content.lastIndexOf(needle, offset)) != -1 ){
 String text = getLine( content, index ).trim();
 if (text.startsWith(needle) || text.endsWith(needle))break;
 else offset = index - 1;
 return index;
 private String getLine(String content, int offset){
 int line = rootElement.getElementIndex( offset );
 Element lineElement = rootElement.getElement( line );
 int start = lineElement.getStartOffset();
 int end = lineElement.getEndOffset();
 return content.substring(start, end - 1);
* Override for other languages
 protected boolean isDelimiter(String character){
 String operands = ";:{}()[]+-/%<=>!&|^~*";
 if (Character.isWhitespace( character.charAt(0) ) ||
 operands.indexOf(character)!= -1 ) return true;
 else return false;
* Override for other languages
 protected boolean isQuoteDelimiter(String character){
 String quoteDelimiters = "\"'";
 if (quoteDelimiters.indexOf(character) < 0) return false;
 else return true;
* Override for other languages
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 Object o = keywords.get( token );
 return o == null ? false : true;
* Override for other languages
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 return "/*";
* Override for other languages
 protected String getEndDelimiter(){
 return "*/";
* Override for other languages
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 return "//";
* Override for other languages
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 return "\\" + quoteDelimiter;
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 StringBuffer whiteSpace = new StringBuffer();
 int line = rootElement.getElementIndex( offset );
 int i = rootElement.getElement(line).getStartOffset();
 while (true){
 String temp = doc.getText(i, 1);
 if (temp.equals(" ") || temp.equals("\t")){
 whiteSpace.append(temp);
 i++;
 else break;
 return "{\n" + whiteSpace.toString() + "\t\n" + whiteSpace.toString() + "}";
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