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Rotating the JTextArea using mouse in java

I recently worked on the MS PowerPoint 2007 and I got interested in rotation option of the text in the presentation Window .

Now I have created a JTextArea with some text in it.

Now what I want is I want to rotate the JTextArea by mouse (similar in MS PowerPoint 2007)

But I got no Idea of how to start .

Thanks in advance

Solution

  • If you just don't know how to start, here is a hint:

    • implement a MouseMotionListener to track the MousePosition
    • to rotate components you can override their paintComponent(Graphics g) method and rotate with ((Graphics2D)g).rotate(degreeInRadians). Keep in mind that this probably crops your components.