Detecting selected text change in a JTextArea

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cjaouhar@hotmail.com - 11 Oct 2007 18:22 GMT

I would like to detect any selected text change in a JTextArea, wether
the selection changed using the mouse button or the shift+arrow keys.
Is there a way to detect that?

CJ

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Knute Johnson - 11 Oct 2007 19:12 GMT

> I would like to detect any selected text change in a JTextArea, wether
> the selection changed using the mouse button or the shift+arrow keys.
> Is there a way to detect that?
>
> CJ

I don't know for sure but here is what I would try first;

Add a CaretListener to the JTextArea and check for a change in the
selected area.

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