How can i double click a box in GUI and simply open a text editor?

My case is that in my GUI frame, i have several boxes and if i double click on them, i want to open a text editor for these boxes and write the description for them then save them, and next time when i double click again, i can reopen this editor and see the description i did.
How can i do this? I'm stuck. If somebody can help me, i appreciate it very much!
Thanks a lot!

If the JOptionPane.showInputDialog is not enough then you would have to come up with your own JDialog and customize it to suit your needs.
For the saving aspect, if the items are online strings or short items, then consider using java.util.Properties for a name=value pair saving machinism. If your strings will be multiline, then consider using a textfile for each individual string set or use XML. The java.util.Properties class in JDK 1.5 provides and very simple XML storage and load feature for storing its name=value pairs.
Look into these and add dbulai's advice for a grand finish
ICE

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