Translation of Mouse Coordinates into Caret Positions

Question

Is there any way to translate the mouse coordinates into corresponding caret positions in JTextPane without the user clicking at a location?

Answer 1

Try somethink like this:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class MouseToCaretPosition extends JFrame
public MouseToCaretPosition()
     JPanel panel = new JPanel();
     setContentPane( panel );
          final JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane();
          textPane.setText( "one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\nfive\nsix\nseven\neight" );
          JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane( textPane );
     scrollPane.setPreferredSize( new Dimension( 200, 200 ) );
          panel.add( scrollPane );
          textPane.addMouseMotionListener( new MouseMotionAdapter()
               public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e)
                    Point point = new Point( e.getX(), e.getY() );
                    System.out.println( textPane.viewToModel( point ) );
public static void main(String[] args)
MouseToCaretPosition frame = new MouseToCaretPosition();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);