Java JEditorPane

Last Updated : 18 Sept 2026

JEditorPane class is used to create a simple text editor window. This class has setContentType() and setText() methods.

setContentType("text/plain"): This method is used to set the content type to be plain text.

setText(text): This method is used to set the initial text content.

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
protected class	JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPane	This class implements accessibility support for the JEditorPane class.
protected class	JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPaneHTML	This class provides support for AccessibleHypertext, and is used in instances where the EditorKit installed in this JEditorPane is an instance of HTMLEditorKit.
protected class	JEditorPane.JEditorPaneAccessibleHypertextSupport	What's returned by AccessibleJEditorPaneHTML.getAccessibleText

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	HONOR_DISPLAY_PROPERTIES	Key for a client property used to indicate whether the default font and foreground color from the component are used if a font or foreground color is not specified in the styled text.
static String	W3C_LENGTH_UNITS	Key for a client property used to indicate whether w3c compliant length units are used for html rendering.

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JEditorPane()	It creates a new JEditorPane.
JEditorPane(String url)	It creates a JEditorPane based on a string containing a URL specification.
JEditorPane(String type, String text)	It creates a JEditorPane that has been initialized to the given text.
JEditorPane(URL initialPage)	It creates a JEditorPane based on a specified URL for input.

Useful Methods

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addHyperlinkListener(HyperlinkListener listener)	Adds a hyperlink listener for notification of any changes, for example when a link is selected and entered.
protected EditorKit	createDefaultEditorKit()	It creates the default editor kit (PlainEditorKit) for when the component is first created.
void	setText(String t)	It sets the text of this TextComponent to the specified content, which is expected to be in the format of the content type of this editor.
void	setContentType(String type)	It sets the type of content that this editor handles.
void	setPage(URL page)	It sets the current URL being displayed.
void	read(InputStream in, Object desc)	This method initializes from a stream.
void	scrollToReference(String reference)	It scrolls the view to the given reference location (that is, the value returned by the UL.getRef method for the URL being displayed).
void	setText(String t)	It sets the text of this TextComponent to the specified content, which is expected to be in the format of the content type of this editor.
String	getText()	It returns the text contained in this TextComponent in terms of the content type of this editor.
void	read(InputStream in, Object desc)	This method initializes from a stream.

JEditorPane Example

import javax.swing.JEditorPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class JEditorPaneExample {
	JFrame myFrame = null;

	public static void main(String[] a) {
		(new JEditorPaneExample()).test();
	}

	private void test() {
		myFrame = new JFrame("JEditorPane Test");
		myFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		myFrame.setSize(400, 200);
		JEditorPane myPane = new JEditorPane();
		myPane.setContentType("text/plain");
		myPane.setText("Sleeping is necessary for a healthy body."
				+ " But sleeping in unnecessary times may spoil our health, wealth and studies."
				+ " Doctors advise that the sleeping at improper timings may lead for obesity during the students days.");
		myFrame.setContentPane(myPane);
		myFrame.setVisible(true);
	}
}

Output:

JEditorPane Example: using HTML

import javax.swing.JEditorPane;  
import javax.swing.JFrame;  
  
public class JEditorPaneExample {  
    JFrame myFrame = null;  
  
    public static void main(String[] a) {  
        (new JEditorPaneExample()).test();  
    }  
  
    private void test() {  
        myFrame = new JFrame("JEditorPane Test");  
        myFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);  
        myFrame.setSize(400, 200);  
        JEditorPane myPane = new JEditorPane();  
        myPane.setContentType("text/html");  
        myPane.setText("<h1>Sleeping</h1><p>Sleeping is necessary for a healthy body."  
                + " But sleeping in unnecessary times may spoil our health, wealth and studies."  
                + " Doctors advise that the sleeping at improper timings may lead for obesity during the students days.</p>");  
        myFrame.setContentPane(myPane);  
        myFrame.setVisible(true);  
    }  
}  

Output:

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