Get component from a JScrollPane

Question

If there is a JEditorPane in a JScrollPane, how can you get the editor from the scrollpane?

I tried scrollPane.getComponents() but the editor wasn't in the list.

Answer 1

JViewport viewport = scrollPane.getViewport(); 
JEditorPane editorPane = (JEditorPane)viewport.getView(); 

Answer 2

One way:

JViewport viewport = scrollPane.getViewport();
Component[] components = viewport.getComponents();

although you could just have a class field that holds a reference to your editor pane and get it more easily that way.

Edit: as per Jeanette and Rob: the best way to get the single child component held by the viewport is with its getView() method.

My initial answer reminds me of a quote from H.L. Mencken:

"For every complex problem there is a solution that is concise, clear, simple, and wrong."