Re: Text Area with scroll bar

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Mar 10, 2006; 6:32pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Text-Area-with-scroll-bar-tp3703438p3703439.html

> Is there an easy way to pop up a text message that contains a scroll
> bar?  I used IJ.ShowMessage to give a help message, but it got so big
> that on some screens the "OK" button on the bottom became impossible
> to reach.  Since the window close button on the top doesn't work (at
> least on windows machines)  this causes ImageJ to lock up forever!  I
> am not a Java expert and wonder if there is a simple solution.

You could display the text in a editor window. Here is an example:

     String text =
         "This plugin demonstrates how to open an \n" +
         "editor window containing some text.\n" +
         "\n" +
         "This could be used to display online help";
     Editor ed = new Editor();
     ed.setSize(350, 300);
     ed.create("My Editor", text);

You will need to add "import ij.plugin.frame.Editor;" to the import
list.

-wayne