HTML Tags in JTextPane/JFrame

[pclip123]

I have the following method declared..

public void display() {
          Set finalStringSet = mapFinal.keySet();
          JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane(); // creates an empty text pane
          textPane.setContentType("text/html"); // lets Java know it will be HTML                  
          textPane.setText(<span style="font-size: 20pt">Big</span>); // sets its text
          JFrame frame = new JFrame(); // makes a window to put it in
          frame.getContentPane().add(textPane); // adds the text pane to the window
          frame.pack(); // adjusts the window to the right size
          frame.setVisible(true); // makes it show up
   }

I am having trouble with the line that reads

textPane.setText(<span style="font-size: 20pt">Big</span>);

I just want to print out the string "big" with that increased font size, yet everytime i try to compile i get the error "> expected".. Can someone PLEASE help me?

[joakimk]

Have you tried adding quotation marks around the string you're printing? Remeber to escape the quotes you're using as part of your string;

textPane.setText("<span style=\"font-size: 20pt\">Big</span>");

[alexjewell]

or use:

textPane.setText('<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Big</span>');

The slashes get on my nerves. Besides, single quotes parse quicker.

[Twey]

alexjewell, this is Java, not PHP. Single quotes are used to denote character literals, not strings.

joakimk's method is the correct one.

[alexjewell]

Ha, oops. I apologize.

[salihdemir]

This also works if escaping is not desired.

textPane.setText("<span style='font-size: 20pt'>Big</span>");