How to use

getCharacterElement

method

in

javax.swing.text.DefaultStyledDocument

public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent ev) {
  JTextPane editor = (JTextPane) ev.getSource();
   editor.setEditable(false);
   Point pt = new Point(ev.getX(), ev.getY());
   int pos = editor.viewToModel(pt);
   if (pos >= 0) {
    Document eDoc = editor.getDocument();
    if (eDoc instanceof DefaultStyledDocument) {
     DefaultStyledDocument hdoc =
      (DefaultStyledDocument) eDoc;
     Element e = hdoc.getCharacterElement(pos);
     AttributeSet a = e.getAttributes();
     AttributeSet tagA = (AttributeSet) a.getAttribute(HTML.Tag.A);
     String href = null;
     if (tagA!=null){
       href = (String)tagA.getAttribute(HTML.Attribute.HREF);
     }
     if (href != null) {
      Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
      try {
        desktop.browse(new URI(href));
      } catch (IOException e1) {
         s_log.error("mouseClicked: Unexpected exception "+e1.getMessage());
      } catch (URISyntaxException e1) {
         s_log.error("mouseClicked: Unexpected exception "+e1.getMessage());
      }
    }
   }
  }
}

public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent ev) {
  JTextPane editor = (JTextPane) ev.getSource();
   editor.setEditable(false);
   Point pt = new Point(ev.getX(), ev.getY());
   int pos = editor.viewToModel(pt);
   if (pos >= 0) {
    Document eDoc = editor.getDocument();
    if (eDoc instanceof DefaultStyledDocument) {
     DefaultStyledDocument hdoc =
      (DefaultStyledDocument) eDoc;
     Element e = hdoc.getCharacterElement(pos);
     AttributeSet a = e.getAttributes();
     AttributeSet tagA = (AttributeSet) a.getAttribute(HTML.Tag.A);
     String href = null;
     if (tagA!=null){
       href = (String)tagA.getAttribute(HTML.Attribute.HREF);
     }
     if (href != null) {
      Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
      try {
        desktop.browse(new URI(href));
      } catch (IOException e1) {
         s_log.error("mouseClicked: Unexpected exception "+e1.getMessage());
      } catch (URISyntaxException e1) {
         s_log.error("mouseClicked: Unexpected exception "+e1.getMessage());
      }
    }
   }
  }
}

final Element el = doc.getCharacterElement(i);
final AttributeSet a = el.getAttributes();
final AttributeSet anchor = (AttributeSet)a.getAttribute(HTML.Tag.A);

field.setSelectionStart(doc.getCharacterElement(field.getCaretPosition()).getParentElement().getStartOffset());
field.setSelectionEnd(doc.getCharacterElement(field.getCaretPosition()).getParentElement().getEndOffset());

if (pos >= 0 && editor.getDocument() instanceof HTMLDocument) {
  HTMLDocument hdoc = (HTMLDocument) editor.getDocument();
  Element elem = hdoc.getCharacterElement(pos);
  if (elem.getAttributes().getAttribute(HTML.Tag.A) != null) {
    return elem;

DefaultStyledDocument hdoc =
 (DefaultStyledDocument) eDoc;
Element e = hdoc.getCharacterElement(pos);
AttributeSet a = e.getAttributes();
AttributeSet tagA = (AttributeSet) a.getAttribute(HTML.Tag.A);

DefaultStyledDocument hdoc =
 (DefaultStyledDocument) eDoc;
Element e = hdoc.getCharacterElement(pos);
AttributeSet a = e.getAttributes();
AttributeSet tagA = (AttributeSet) a.getAttribute(HTML.Tag.A);

Element leaf = doc.getCharacterElement( branch.getStartOffset() );
AttributeSet as = leaf.getAttributes();

if (pos >= 0 && doc instanceof HTMLDocument) {
  HTMLDocument hdoc = (HTMLDocument) doc;
  Element elem = hdoc.getCharacterElement(pos);
  if (elem.getAttributes().getAttribute(HTML.Tag.A) != null) {
    return elem;

if (pos >= 0 && editor.getDocument() instanceof HTMLDocument) {
  HTMLDocument hdoc = (HTMLDocument) editor.getDocument();
  Element elem = hdoc.getCharacterElement(pos);
  if (elem.getAttributes().getAttribute(HTML.Tag.A) != null) {
    return elem;

Element leaf = m_Self.getCharacterElement(branch.getStartOffset());
AttributeSet as = leaf.getAttributes();

Element leaf = m_Self.getCharacterElement(branch.getStartOffset());
AttributeSet as = leaf.getAttributes();