public void search() {
    hilit.removeAllHighlights();

    String s = entry.getText();
    if (s.length() <= 0) {
      message("Nothing to search");
      return;
    }

    String content = textArea.getText();
    int index = content.indexOf(s, 0);
    if (index >= 0) {
      try {
        int end = index + s.length();
        hilit.addHighlight(index, end, painter);
        textArea.setCaretPosition(end);
        entry.setBackground(entryBg);
        message("'" + s + "' found. Press ESC to end search");
      } catch (BadLocationException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
    } else {
      entry.setBackground(ERROR_COLOR);
      message("'" + s + "' found. Press ESC to start a new search");
    }
  }
  public TextFieldDemo() {
    initComponents();

    InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream("content.txt");
    try {
      textArea.read(new InputStreamReader(in), null);
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

    hilit = new DefaultHighlighter();
    painter = new DefaultHighlighter.DefaultHighlightPainter(HILIT_COLOR);
    textArea.setHighlighter(hilit);

    entryBg = entry.getBackground();
    entry.getDocument().addDocumentListener(this);

    InputMap im = entry.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
    ActionMap am = entry.getActionMap();
    im.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("ESCAPE"), CANCEL_ACTION);
    am.put(CANCEL_ACTION, new CancelAction());
  }
  private void initComponents() {
    entry = new JTextField();
    textArea = new JTextArea();
    status = new JLabel();
    jLabel1 = new JLabel();

    setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    setTitle("TextFieldDemo");

    textArea.setColumns(20);
    textArea.setLineWrap(true);
    textArea.setRows(5);
    textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
    textArea.setEditable(false);
    jScrollPane1 = new JScrollPane(textArea);

    jLabel1.setText("Enter text to search:");

    GroupLayout layout = new GroupLayout(getContentPane());
    getContentPane().setLayout(layout);

    ParallelGroup hGroup = layout.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING);

    SequentialGroup h1 = layout.createSequentialGroup();
    ParallelGroup h2 = layout.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING);

    h1.addContainerGap();

    h2.addComponent(
        jScrollPane1,
        GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING,
        GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE,
        450,
        Short.MAX_VALUE);
    h2.addComponent(
        status, GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 450, Short.MAX_VALUE);

    SequentialGroup h3 = layout.createSequentialGroup();
    h3.addComponent(jLabel1);
    h3.addPreferredGap(LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED);
    h3.addComponent(entry, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 321, Short.MAX_VALUE);

    h2.addGroup(h3);
    h1.addGroup(h2);

    h1.addContainerGap();

    hGroup.addGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, h1);
    layout.setHorizontalGroup(hGroup);

    ParallelGroup vGroup = layout.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING);
    SequentialGroup v1 = layout.createSequentialGroup();
    v1.addContainerGap();
    ParallelGroup v2 = layout.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
    v2.addComponent(jLabel1);
    v2.addComponent(
        entry, GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE);
    v1.addGroup(v2);
    v1.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED);
    v1.addComponent(jScrollPane1, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 233, Short.MAX_VALUE);

    v1.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED);
    v1.addComponent(status);
    v1.addContainerGap();

    vGroup.addGroup(v1);
    layout.setVerticalGroup(vGroup);
    pack();
  }