javax.swing.text.html (Java SE 26 & JDK 26)
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# Package javax.swing.text.html

package javax.swing.text.html
Provides the class `HTMLEditorKit` and supporting classes for creating HTML text editors.

Note: Most of the Swing API is not thread safe. For details, see Concurrency in Swing, a section in The Java Tutorial.

## Package Specification

- HTML 3.2 Reference Specification - The HTML specification on which HTMLEditorKit is based.

Since:
  1.2
External Specifications
  - HTML 3.2 Reference Specification

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  javax.swing.text
  Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.
  javax.swing.text.html.parser
  Provides the default HTML parser, along with support classes.
  javax.swing.text.rtf
  Provides a class (`RTFEditorKit`) for creating Rich-Text-Format text editors.
- Class
  Description
  BlockView
  A view implementation to display a block (as a box) with CSS specifications.
  CSS
  Defines a set of CSS attributes as a typesafe enumeration.
  CSS.Attribute
  Definitions to be used as a key on AttributeSet's that might hold CSS attributes.
  FormSubmitEvent
  FormSubmitEvent is used to notify interested parties that a form was submitted.
  FormSubmitEvent.MethodType
  Represents an HTML form method type.
  FormView
  Component decorator that implements the view interface for form elements, <input>, <textarea>, and <select>.
  HTML
  Constants used in the `HTMLDocument`.
  HTML.Attribute
  Typesafe enumeration representing an HTML attribute.
  HTML.Tag
  Typesafe enumeration for an HTML tag.
  HTML.UnknownTag
  Class represents unknown HTML tag.
  HTMLDocument
  A document that models HTML.
  HTMLDocument.Iterator
  An iterator to iterate over a particular type of tag.
  HTMLEditorKit
  The Swing JEditorPane text component supports different kinds of content via a plug-in mechanism called an EditorKit.
  HTMLEditorKit.HTMLFactory
  A factory to build views for HTML.
  HTMLEditorKit.HTMLTextAction
  An abstract Action providing some convenience methods that may be useful in inserting HTML into an existing document.
  HTMLEditorKit.InsertHTMLTextAction
  InsertHTMLTextAction can be used to insert an arbitrary string of HTML into an existing HTML document.
  HTMLEditorKit.LinkController
  Class to watch the associated component and fire hyperlink events on it when appropriate.
  HTMLEditorKit.Parser
  Interface to be supported by the parser.
  HTMLEditorKit.ParserCallback
  The result of parsing drives these callback methods.
  HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent
  HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent is used to notify interested parties that link was activated in a frame.
  HTMLWriter
  This is a writer for HTMLDocuments.
  ImageView
  View of an Image, intended to support the HTML <IMG> tag.
  InlineView
  Displays the inline element styles based upon css attributes.
  ListView
  A view implementation to display an html list
  MinimalHTMLWriter
  MinimalHTMLWriter is a fallback writer used by the HTMLEditorKit to write out HTML for a document that is a not produced by the EditorKit.
  ObjectView
  Component decorator that implements the view interface for <object> elements.
  Option
  Value for the ListModel used to represent <option> elements.
  ParagraphView
  Displays the paragraph and uses CSS attributes for its configuration.
  StyleSheet
  Support for defining the visual characteristics of HTML views being rendered.
  StyleSheet.BoxPainter
  Class to carry out some of the duties of CSS formatting.
  StyleSheet.ListPainter
  Class to carry out some of the duties of CSS list formatting.