public TextAction selectWordAction = new TextAction("Select Word") {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
        JTextComponent c = getTextComponent(evt);
        if (c == null) {
            return;
        }
        int pos = c.getCaretPosition();

        try {
            // Find start of word from caret
            int start = Utilities.getWordStart(c, pos);

            // Check if start precedes whitespace
            if (start < c.getDocument().getLength()
                && Character.isWhitespace(c.getDocument().getText(start, 1).charAt(0))) {
                // Check if caret is at end of word
                if (pos > 0
                    && !Character.isWhitespace(c.getDocument().getText(pos-1, 1).charAt(0))) {
                    // Start searching before the caret
                    start = Utilities.getWordStart(c, pos-1);
                } else {
                    // Caret is not adjacent to a word
                    start = -1;
                }
            }
            if (start != -1) {
                // A non-whitespace character follows start.
                // Find end of word from start.
                int end = Utilities.getWordEnd(c, start);

                // Set selection
                c.setSelectionStart(start);
                c.setSelectionEnd(end);
            }
        } catch (BadLocationException e) {
        }
    }
};

public TextAction selectNextWordAction = new TextAction("Select Next Word") {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
        JTextComponent c = getTextComponent(evt);
        if (c == null) {
            return;
        }
        int pos = c.getSelectionStart();
        int len = c.getDocument().getLength();

        try {
            // Find start of next word from selection.
            // getNextWord() throws BadLocationException if no word follows pos.
            int start = Utilities.getNextWord(c, pos);

            // Find end of word from start
            int end = Utilities.getWordEnd(c, start);

            // Set selection
            c.setSelectionStart(start);
            c.setSelectionEnd(end);
        } catch (BadLocationException e) {
        }
    }
};

public TextAction selectPrevWordAction = new TextAction("Select Previous Word") {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
        JTextComponent c = getTextComponent(evt);
        if (c == null) {
            return;
        }
        int pos = c.getSelectionStart();
        int len = c.getDocument().getLength();

        try {
            // Find start of previous word from selection.
            // getPreviousWord() throws BadLocationException if no word precedes pos.
            int start = Utilities.getPreviousWord(c, pos);

            // Find end of word from start
            int end = Utilities.getWordEnd(c, start);

            // Set selection
            c.setSelectionStart(start);
            c.setSelectionEnd(end);
        } catch (BadLocationException e) {
        }
    }
};