Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextPane; import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException; import javax.swing.text.DefaultStyledDocument; import javax.swing.text.SimpleAttributeSet; import javax.swing.text.StyleConstants; import javax.swing.text.StyledDocument; import javax.swing.text.TabSet; import javax.swing.text.TabStop; public class MainClass { public static void main(final String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tab Attributes"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); StyledDocument document = new DefaultStyledDocument(); int positions[] = { TabStop.ALIGN_BAR, TabStop.ALIGN_CENTER, TabStop.ALIGN_DECIMAL, TabStop.ALIGN_LEFT, TabStop.ALIGN_RIGHT }; String strings[] = { "\tTabStop.ALIGN_BAR\n", "\tTabStop.ALIGN_CENTER\n", "\tTabStop.ALIGN_DECIMAL\n", "\tTabStop.ALIGN_LEFT\n", "\tTabStop.ALIGN_RIGHT\n" }; SimpleAttributeSet attributes = new SimpleAttributeSet(); for (int i = 0, n = positions.length; i < n; i++) { TabStop tabstop = new TabStop(150, positions[i], TabStop.LEAD_DOTS); try { int position = document.getLength(); document.insertString(position, strings[i], null); TabSet tabset = new TabSet(new TabStop[] { tabstop }); StyleConstants.setTabSet(attributes, tabset); document.setParagraphAttributes(position, 1, attributes, false); } catch (BadLocationException badLocationException) { System.err.println("Bad Location"); } } JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane(document); textPane.setEditable(false); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textPane); frame.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.setSize(300, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } }