The Java Developers Almanac 1.4

e982. Creating a JTextArea Component

    // Create a text area with some initial text
    JTextArea textarea = new JTextArea("Initial Text");
    
    // Create a text area with some initial text and a default number of rows and columns.
    // This number of rows and columns controls the preferred width and height of the component;
    // each row and column is rougly the size of an M in the current font.
    int rows = 20;
    int cols = 30;
    textarea = new JTextArea("Initial Text", rows, cols);

Related Examples

e983. Modifying Text in a JTextArea Component
e984. Enumerating the Lines in a JTextArea Component
e985. Setting the Tab Size of a JTextArea Component
e986. Moving the Focus with the TAB Key in a JTextArea Component
e987. Enabling Word-Wrapping and Line-Wrapping in a JTextArea Component
e988. Implementing a Console Window with a JTextArea Component

See also: Actions and Key Bindings    Caret and Selection    Events    JEditorPane    JFormattedTextField    JTextComponent    JTextField    JTextPane    Styles

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