hi,

i want to write a console- or shell-like object (extends JTextPane).
if the user presses the up-key and down-key, he should be able to
"scroll" through his already entered commands.
i have it somehow realised with a KeyListener like that:

... implements KeyListener {
...
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
    if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_UP) {
        writeDecCommand();
        setCaretPosition(getText().length());
    } else if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_DOWN) {
        writeIncCommand();
        setCaretPosition(getText().length());
    }
}

writeDecCommand and writeIncCommand are procedures which handle all
the reloading of the commands etc.

the problem i have: if the user presses VK_UP the caret jumps one
place up and then gets redirected to the end of the document. that
looks kind of ugly and i want to make my JTextPane to ignore the
keypress and just run my procedures!

i thought about making the caret invisible or something but that is of
no use, because when KeyReleased gets fired, the caret has already
moved.
i need something like a keyFilter like DocumentFilter or something.

i also want the user not to "scroll" the caret over all lines. just
allow it in the actual line horizontally.

any ideas out there?

thanks in advance,
Mark