Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.BoundedRangeModel; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextField; public class MainClass { public static void main(final String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Offset Example"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout()); final JTextField textField = new JTextField(); panel.add(textField, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.NORTH); JButton button = new JButton("Get Offset"); ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { System.out.println("Offset: " + textField.getScrollOffset()); System.out.println("Visibility: " + textField.getHorizontalVisibility()); BoundedRangeModel model = textField.getHorizontalVisibility(); int extent = model.getExtent(); textField.setScrollOffset(extent); } }; button.addActionListener(actionListener); frame.add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH); frame.setSize(250, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } }