You can just do something like this aJToggleButton tButton=new aJToggleButton();//contains JTextPane tButton.getTextPane(). AddActionListener(this); public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { ((aJToggleButton )((JTextPane)e.getSource()).getParent()). SetSelected(true); } Anyway, it would be more helpful to see the component docs... Still I guess, the snippet touches the conception Good luck.
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