Java tutorial
import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.JViewport; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String text = "one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\nfive"; JFrame frame = new JFrame("title"); JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(text, 1, 30); // shows only one line JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea); frame.add(scrollPane); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); final JViewport viewport = scrollPane.getViewport(); textArea.addCaretListener(e -> { System.out.println("First : " + viewport.getViewPosition()); System.out.println("Second: " + viewport.getViewPosition()); }); textArea.setCaretPosition(text.length()); } }