Text Editor Project In Java With Source Code

The Text Editor Project In Java is a simple project which aims to provide ease to developers and students that want to developed and design their own one of a code text editor

Furthermore, A text editor is open source program that lets the user enter, change, store, selecting a file and print text. Text is made up of characters and numbers that the computer and its input and output devices arrange in a way that makes sense to the user or to other programs. 

What is Text Editor and why it is important?

In Java, a text editor is a simple program that allows you to create, open, and change plain text files. This is not the same as word processors. This is used to make documents that provide well-organized and easy to read text.

Also, text editors are more important than word processors like Open Office because they focus on plain text, while text editors are also often used to write documentation and source code for computer programs.

About The Text Editor In Java

Project Name:Text Editor
Language/s Used:Java
Database:None
Type:Desktop Application
Developer:IT SOURCECODE
Updates:0
Text Editor In Java– Project Information

More detailed explanation about these project

This simple Java Text Editor was developed and written in Java and designed in the Java Swing toolkit, which uses different menu items to find and replace. We used JTextarea, JMenuBar, JMenu, file chooser, and JMenuItems. All the actions done by the users are tracked using actionListener.

There will be a menu bar and it will contain two menus and a button: 

  1. File menu
    • open: this menuitem is used to open a file
    • save: this menuitem is used to save a file
    • print : this menuitem is used to print the components of the text area
    • new : this menuitem is used to create a new blank file
  2. Edit menu
    • cut: this menuitem is to cut the selected area and copy it to clipboard
    • copy: this menuitem is to copy the selected area to the clipboard
    • paste : this menuitem is to paste the text from the clipboard to the text area
  3. Close : this button closes the frame

This text editor in Java swing also includes a free source code, just find the downloadable source code below and click to start downloading.

To start executing a these simple text editor, makes sure that you have NetBeans IDE or any platform of Java installed in your computer.

Text Editor With Source Code : Steps on how to run the project

Time needed: 5 minutes

These are the steps on how to run Text Editor

  • Step 1: Download source code.

    First, download the source code given below.
    button

  • Step 2: Extract file.

    Second, after you finished download the source code, extract the zip file.
    Text Editor zip file

  • Step 3: Open NetBeans.

    Third, open (NetBeans IDE).
    Text Editor open netbeans

  • Step 4: Click open project.

    Fourth, click open project and choose your download source code.
    Text Editor open project

  • Step 5: Run the project.

    Fifth, right click the project folder and click run.
    Text Editor run project

Project Output

Text Editor In Java Project Output 1
Text Editor In Java Project Output 1
Text Editor In Java Project Output 2
Text Editor In Java Project Output 2

Downloadable Source Code Below.

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Summary

The Text Editor is built fully in Java using NetBeans IDE. It has full-featured Graphical User Interface (GUI) with all the functionalities

This Article is the way to enhance and develop our skills and logic ideas which is important in practicing the Java programming language which is most well known and most usable programming language in many company.

This Simple Project also includes a downloadable source code for free.

Inquiries

If you have any questions or suggestions about Text Editor, please feel free to leave a comment below.

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