public String getTextForGesture(long parId, Point topLeft, Point bottomRight) { try { Paragraph p = lockManager.getParFromId(parId); int parY = documentPanel.textPane.modelToView(p.getOffset()).y; topLeft.y = topLeft.y + parY; bottomRight.y = bottomRight.y + parY; int startOffset = documentPanel.textPane.viewToModel(topLeft); int endOffset = documentPanel.textPane.viewToModel(bottomRight); while (startOffset > 0 && Character.isLetterOrDigit((document.getText(startOffset - 1, 1).charAt(0)))) startOffset--; while (endOffset < document.getLength() && Character.isLetterOrDigit((document.getText(endOffset, 1).charAt(0)))) endOffset++; String text = document.getText(startOffset, endOffset - startOffset); return text; } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("EditorClient: addGestureAction. error identifying text"); e.printStackTrace(); return ""; } // return "PLACEBO"; }