How to activate mouse right click in JTexhArea

Question

Hi Swings Expert!
I've a problem to get action mouse right click in JTextArea for example to cut and paste selected text from textarea into another textarea.
If I want to copy and paste text from textarea, Ive to use Ctrl C for copy
and Ctrl V for paste the selected text.
Is there a way to activate mouse right click in JTextArea?
any help.....Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Here are the basics:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
public class PopupMenuTest extends JFrame implements MouseListener
     public JPopupMenu popup;
     public PopupMenuTest()
          popup = new JPopupMenu();
//          popup.add( new DefaultEditorKit.CutAction() );
          JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem( new DefaultEditorKit.CutAction() );
          item.setMnemonic('C');
          popup.add( item );
          popup.add( new DefaultEditorKit.CopyAction() );
          popup.add( new DefaultEditorKit.PasteAction() );
          JTextField textField = new JTextField("Right Click For Popup");
          textField.addMouseListener( this );
          getContentPane().add(textField);
     private void checkForPopup(MouseEvent e)
          if (e.isPopupTrigger())
               popup.show(e.getComponent(), e.getX(), e.getY());
     public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
          checkForPopup( e );
     public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
          checkForPopup( e );
     public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {}
     public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {}
     public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {}
     public static void main(String[] args)
          PopupMenuTest frame = new PopupMenuTest();
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
          frame.pack();
          frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
          frame.show();
}