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2019/11/29

Change the word selection behavior by double clicking the mouse in JTextArea

Code

class SelectWordCaret extends DefaultCaret {
  private SelectingMode selectingMode = SelectingMode.CHAR;
  private int p0; // = Math.min(getDot(), getMark());
  private int p1; // = Math.max(getDot(), getMark());

  @Override public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
    super.mousePressed(e);
    int clickCount = e.getClickCount();
    if (SwingUtilities.isLeftMouseButton(e) && !e.isConsumed()) {
      if (clickCount == 2) {
        selectingMode = SelectingMode.WORD;
        p0 = Math.min(getDot(), getMark());
        p1 = Math.max(getDot(), getMark());
      } else if (clickCount >= 3) {
        selectingMode = SelectingMode.ROW;
        JTextComponent target = getComponent();
        int offs = target.getCaretPosition();
        try {
          p0 = Utilities.getRowStart(target, offs);
          p1 = Utilities.getRowEnd(target, offs);
          setDot(p0);
          moveDot(p1);
        } catch (BadLocationException ex) {
          UIManager.getLookAndFeel().provideErrorFeedback(target);
        }
      }
    } else {
      selectingMode = SelectingMode.CHAR;
    }
  }

  @Override public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
    if (!e.isConsumed() && SwingUtilities.isLeftMouseButton(e)) {
      if (selectingMode == SelectingMode.WORD) {
        continuouslySelectWords(e);
      } else if (selectingMode == SelectingMode.ROW) {
        continuouslySelectRows(e);
      }
    } else {
      super.mouseDragged(e);
    }
  }

  // If you continue to drag the mouse after selecting a word with double press:
  private void continuouslySelectWords(MouseEvent e) {
    Position.Bias[] biasRet = new Position.Bias[1];
    JTextComponent c = getComponent();
    int pos = getCaretPositionByLocation(c, e.getPoint(), biasRet);
    try {
      if (p0 < pos && pos < p1) {
        setDot(p0);
        moveDot(p1, biasRet[0]);
      } else if (p1 < pos) {
        setDot(p0);
        moveDot(Utilities.getWordEnd(c, pos), biasRet[0]);
      } else if (p0 > pos) {
        setDot(p1);
        moveDot(Utilities.getWordStart(c, pos), biasRet[0]);
      }
    } catch (BadLocationException ex) {
      UIManager.getLookAndFeel().provideErrorFeedback(c);
    }
  }

  // If you drag the mouse continuously after selecting the entire line in triple press:
  private void continuouslySelectRows(MouseEvent e) {
    Position.Bias[] biasRet = new Position.Bias[1];
    JTextComponent c = getComponent();
    int pos = getCaretPositionByLocation(c, e.getPoint(), biasRet);
    try {
      if (p0 < pos && pos < p1) {
        setDot(p0);
        moveDot(p1, biasRet[0]);
      } else if (p1 < pos) {
        setDot(p0);
        moveDot(Utilities.getRowEnd(c, pos), biasRet[0]);
      } else if (p0 > pos) {
        setDot(p1);
        moveDot(Utilities.getRowStart(c, pos), biasRet[0]);
      }
    } catch (BadLocationException ex) {
      UIManager.getLookAndFeel().provideErrorFeedback(c);
    }
  }
  // ...
}

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