import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Container; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextPane; import javax.swing.text.Element; import javax.swing.text.html.HTMLDocument; import javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit; import javax.swing.text.html.StyleSheet; public class Main extends JFrame { StyleSheet styleSheet = new StyleSheet(); HTMLDocument htmlDocument; HTMLEditorKit htmlEditorKit = new HTMLEditorKit(); Element bodyElement; public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Main jTextPaneApp = new Main(); jTextPaneApp.setVisible(true); Thread.currentThread().sleep(1000); jTextPaneApp.change(); } public Main() { setSize(400, 400); styleSheet.addRule(".someclass1 {color: blue;}"); styleSheet.addRule(".someclass2 {color: green;}"); htmlEditorKit.setStyleSheet(styleSheet); htmlDocument = (HTMLDocument) htmlEditorKit.createDefaultDocument(); JTextPane jTextPane = new JTextPane(); jTextPane.setEditorKit(htmlEditorKit); jTextPane.setDocument(htmlDocument); try { Element htmlElement = htmlDocument.getRootElements()[0]; bodyElement = htmlElement.getElement(0); Container contentPane = getContentPane(); contentPane.add(jTextPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); super.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); addContent("<span class=someclass1>test 1</span><br>"); addContent("<span class=someclass2>test 2</span><br>"); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public void reapplyStyles() { Element sectionElem = bodyElement .getElement(bodyElement.getElementCount() - 1); int paraCount = sectionElem.getElementCount(); for (int i = 0; i < paraCount; i++) { Element e = sectionElem.getElement(i); int rangeStart = e.getStartOffset(); int rangeEnd = e.getEndOffset(); htmlDocument.setParagraphAttributes(rangeStart, rangeEnd - rangeStart, e.getAttributes(), true); } } public void change() throws Exception { styleSheet = htmlEditorKit.getStyleSheet(); styleSheet.addRule(".someclass1 {color: red;}"); reapplyStyles(); addContent("<span class=someclass1>test 3</span><br>"); } private void addContent(String content) throws Exception { Element contentElement = bodyElement.getElement(bodyElement .getElementCount() - 1); StringBuffer sbHtml = new StringBuffer(); sbHtml.append("<span class=someclass>" + content + "</span><br>"); htmlDocument.insertBeforeEnd(contentElement, sbHtml.toString()); } }