I can't add simple HTML link to HTMLDocument in jEditorPane

Question

h5. How to construct a link to make it work?
HTMLDocument doc = (HTMLDocument) jEditorPane.getDocument();
String link = dialogSlownikEkranow.getLink();
SimpleAttributeSet tag = new SimpleAttributeSet();
SimpleAttributeSet attrs = new SimpleAttributeSet();
tag.addAttribute(HTML.Tag.A, attrs);
attrs.addAttribute(HTML.Attribute.HREF, link);
+try {+
+ doc.insertString(jEditorPane.getCaretPosition(), "some link", tag);+
+} catch (BadLocationException e1) {+
+ e1.printStackTrace();+
+}+
h5. As a result I get
<+a href="\mw\client\cd\plytacd.html"><p></a>+
h5. but I require something like
<+a href="\mw\client\cd\plytacd.html">some link</a>+

Answer 1

Hi,
nirgal wrote:
h5. How to construct a link to make it work?
HTMLDocument doc = (HTMLDocument) jEditorPane.getDocument();
SimpleAttributeSet tag = new SimpleAttributeSet();
SimpleAttributeSet attrs = new SimpleAttributeSet();
tag.addAttribute(HTML.Tag.A, attrs);
attrs.addAttribute(HTML.Attribute.HREF, link);
I don't believe that SimpleAttributeSet is right for HTMLDocument. In your code, you regard a HTML.Tag as a AttributeSet. Apparently this is not the absolute truth. May be I'm wrong, then one may correct me.
My suggest�on is to use string concatenation to make the HTML for the link and then use HTMLEditorKit.read to put this HTML into the HTMLDocument on caret position.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
public class JEditorPaneSample {
  private static void createAndShowGUI() {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("FrameDemo");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JEditorPane jeditorpane = new JEditorPane();
    jeditorpane.setContentType("text/html");
    jeditorpane.setText("<p>Hello World</p>");
//insert a link on caret position
String link = "mw/client/cd/plytacd.html";
String htmlstring = "<a href=\"";
htmlstring += link + "\">";
htmlstring += "some link" + "</a>";
try {
  jeditorpane.getEditorKit().read(new StringReader(htmlstring), jeditorpane.getDocument(), jeditorpane.getCaretPosition());
} catch (BadLocationException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
    System.out.println(jeditorpane.getText());
    frame.getContentPane().add(jeditorpane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
        createAndShowGUI();
}greetings
Axel