JMultilineTextEditor

The JMultilineTextEditor class is a JTextComponent backed by a small component which can be shown on one line.


The text can be directly edited on the text field, or by editing a multiline dialog after clicking on the left button.

Note that it is possible to customize the dialog itself by overriding the JMultilineTextEditor.createMultilineDialog() method.

Adding an import option

If is possible to add an import text (from a File) option to the dialog by calling the JMultilineTextEditor.setAllowImport(boolean) method. Additionnally, the following methods will allow to customize the import:

• JMultilineTextEditor.setImportDefaultDirectory(File) to specify the initial directory for the import file dialog
• JMultilineTextEditor.setImportFileFilter(ExtensionFileFilter) to specify a file filter to use for the import