JavaFX 25 · jfx.incubator.scene.control.richtext · APIdia, the JavaDoc alternative

Provides two controls for displaying and editing large, virtualized, rich text documents: RichTextArea and CodeArea.

While RichTextArea works with styled text and embedded Nodes, the CodeArea is optimized for plain text documents with syntax highlighting.

Incubating Feature. Will be removed in a future release.

Interface Summary

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
public interface	SelectionModel A Selection model that maintains a single `SelectionSegment`.
public interface	SideDecorator Provides a way to add side decorations to each paragraph in a `RichTextArea`.
public interface	StyleAttributeHandler< the actual type of RichTextArea control C extends RichTextArea, the attribute value type T> This functional interface defines a style attribute handler.
public interface	StyleResolver Enables conversion of CSS styles to `StyleAttribute`s.
public interface	SyntaxDecorator Decorates plain text by producing a `RichParagraph`.

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
public class	CodeArea CodeArea is an editable text component which supports styling (for example, syntax highlighting) of plain text.
public class	LineNumberDecorator Side decorator which shows paragraph (line) numbers.
public class	Marker Tracks the text position in a document in the presence of edits.
public class	RichTextArea The RichTextArea control is designed for visualizing and editing rich text that can be styled in a variety of ways.
public class	SelectionSegment Text selection segment, comprised of the selection anchor and the caret positions.
public class	SingleSelectionModel This `SelectionModel` supports a single selection segment.
public class	StyleHandlerRegistry Style Handler Registry keeps track of the `StyleAttributeHandler` for supported `StyleAttribute`s.
public class	TextPos An immutable position within the text.