jEditorPane as a web browser

Question

I am creating a web browser in Java. In this browser I am using JEditorPane for Browser Window. I am using "setPage(String url)" method to display the page. The browser can display the page but there are some problems which are as mentioned::

1. The browser is not displaying the java script.
2. It is not displaying the Applet.
3. Brows data does not show in proper way(like as a browser(Show in image)).

My code is-

JEditorPane editorPane = new JEditorPane();
String url="http://google.co.in";    
editorPane.setEditable(false);
  try {
        editorPane.setPage(url);
  } catch (IOException e) {
      System.err.println("Attempted to read a bad URL: " + url);
  }
}

Answer 1

JEditorPane has limited html and css support. It does not support javascript or applets. It is not intended to be used as a web browser. Sun promised a JWebPane that would be closer to a browser, but it has never been released.

If you are really willing to implement a browser in java, join some open source java browser project like Lobo browser. This way you can apply your knowledge in a right direction. There is no point doing it from scratch.

Answer 2

The JEditorPane can only render very basic HTML. (Even as of SE6, it only understands HTML 3.2—a standard from 1997!) JEditorPane cannot embed applets or Flash, nor can it interpret JavaScript.

As a matter of fact, JEditorPane was written to be a widget in which to edit rich text (ie. text of varying sizes with simple formatting like boldface and italics), not something to render HTML, CSS, and etc.

You may want to try JDIC's embeddable browser instead.