Highlighting / selecting text field

for example, when you double click on a text field,
the text gets selected.
is there a snippet of code that can emulate this effect?
thanx!

make use of JTextField.setSelectionStart and JTextField.setSelectionEnd

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Looks like that the document is protected.
Why did you post this in the forum for Feature Requests?

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In several instances I can't highlight text to copy or to edit, other times it works fine. If I click the radio button for the text in layers (other layers may be locked to prevent accidental selection), the baselines appears and I should be able to highlight the text, but I can't. If I highlight some other unaffected area of text successfully (unlocked layers), sometimes it will allow me to select the problem text directly after. Then it will go back to being a problem, why?

I'm using the general text tool, I've locked the other sublayers to avoid accidentally selecting those items. Then I click the radio button on the sublayer I wish to edit or copy, which reveals the baselines. Then if I click within that object to highlight text with the cursor, the text tool creates a new textbox/sublayer and does not highlight the text I intended.
From: Monika Gause <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Reply-To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:49:40 -0600
To: Roger Daleiden <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: A problem highlighting/selecting text in Illustrator CS3
Re: A problem highlighting/selecting text in Illustrator CS3
created by Monika Gause<http://forums.adobe.com/people/Monika+Gause> in Illustrator - View the full discussion<http://forums.adobe.com/message/3992086#3992086

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