Module java.desktop
Package javax.accessibility

## Interface AccessibleEditableText

- All Superinterfaces:
    `AccessibleText`
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    `JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPane`, `JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPaneHTML`, `JEditorPane.JEditorPaneAccessibleHypertextSupport`, `JPasswordField.AccessibleJPasswordField`, `JSpinner.AccessibleJSpinner`, `JTextArea.AccessibleJTextArea`, `JTextComponent.AccessibleJTextComponent`, `JTextField.AccessibleJTextField`

      public interface AccessibleEditableText
      extends AccessibleText

  The `AccessibleEditableText` interface should be implemented by all classes that present editable textual information on the display. Along with the `AccessibleText` interface, this interface provides the standard mechanism for an assistive technology to access that text via its content, attributes, and spatial location. Applications can determine if an object supports the `AccessibleEditableText` interface by first obtaining its `AccessibleContext` (see `Accessible`) and then calling the `AccessibleContext.getAccessibleEditableText()` method of `AccessibleContext`. If the return value is not `null`, the object supports this interface.
  Since:
    1.4
  See Also:
    `Accessible`, `Accessible.getAccessibleContext()`, `AccessibleContext`, `AccessibleContext.getAccessibleText()`, `AccessibleContext.getAccessibleEditableText()`

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from interface javax.accessibility.AccessibleText

      `CHARACTER, SENTENCE, WORD`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `void` | `cut​(int startIndex, int endIndex)` | Cuts the text between two indices into the system clipboard.
    `void` | `delete​(int startIndex, int endIndex)` | Deletes the text between two indices.
    `String` | `getTextRange​(int startIndex, int endIndex)` | Returns the text string between two indices.
    `void` | `insertTextAtIndex​(int index, String s)` | Inserts the specified string at the given index.
    `void` | `paste​(int startIndex)` | Pastes the text from the system clipboard into the text starting at the specified index.
    `void` | `replaceText​(int startIndex, int endIndex, String s)` | Replaces the text between two indices with the specified string.
    `void` | `selectText​(int startIndex, int endIndex)` | Selects the text between two indices.
    `void` | `setAttributes​(int startIndex, int endIndex, AttributeSet as)` | Sets attributes for the text between two indices.
    `void` | `setTextContents​(String s)` | Sets the text contents to the specified string.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface javax.accessibility.AccessibleText

      `getAfterIndex, getAtIndex, getBeforeIndex, getCaretPosition, getCharacterAttribute, getCharacterBounds, getCharCount, getIndexAtPoint, getSelectedText, getSelectionEnd, getSelectionStart`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### setTextContents

          void setTextContents​(String s)

      Sets the text contents to the specified string.
      Parameters:
        `s` - the string to set the text contents

    - #### insertTextAtIndex

          void insertTextAtIndex​(int index,
                                 String s)

      Inserts the specified string at the given index.
      Parameters:
        `index` - the index in the text where the string will be inserted
        `s` - the string to insert in the text

    - #### getTextRange

          String getTextRange​(int startIndex,
                              int endIndex)

      Returns the text string between two indices.
      Parameters:
        `startIndex` - the starting index in the text
        `endIndex` - the ending index in the text
      Returns:
        the text string between the indices

    - #### delete

          void delete​(int startIndex,
                      int endIndex)

      Deletes the text between two indices.
      Parameters:
        `startIndex` - the starting index in the text
        `endIndex` - the ending index in the text

    - #### cut

          void cut​(int startIndex,
                   int endIndex)

      Cuts the text between two indices into the system clipboard.
      Parameters:
        `startIndex` - the starting index in the text
        `endIndex` - the ending index in the text

    - #### paste

          void paste​(int startIndex)

      Pastes the text from the system clipboard into the text starting at the specified index.
      Parameters:
        `startIndex` - the starting index in the text

    - #### replaceText

          void replaceText​(int startIndex,
                           int endIndex,
                           String s)

      Replaces the text between two indices with the specified string.
      Parameters:
        `startIndex` - the starting index in the text
        `endIndex` - the ending index in the text
        `s` - the string to replace the text between two indices

    - #### selectText

          void selectText​(int startIndex,
                          int endIndex)

      Selects the text between two indices.
      Parameters:
        `startIndex` - the starting index in the text
        `endIndex` - the ending index in the text

    - #### setAttributes

          void setAttributes​(int startIndex,
                             int endIndex,
                             AttributeSet as)

      Sets attributes for the text between two indices.
      Parameters:
        `startIndex` - the starting index in the text
        `endIndex` - the ending index in the text
        `as` - the attribute set
      See Also:
        `AttributeSet`