Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Rectangle; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextField; import javax.swing.JTextPane; import javax.swing.text.Document; public class Main extends JFrame { JTextField textField = new JTextField(20); JTextPane textPane; public Main() { textField.setText("Hit Enter to Add Text to Text Pane"); getContentPane().add(textField, BorderLayout.NORTH); textField.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { try { Document doc = textPane.getDocument(); doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), " " + textField.getText(), null); textField.setText("");//clear Dimension d = textPane.getPreferredSize(); Rectangle r = textPane.modelToView(textPane.getDocument().getLength()); d.height = r.y + r.height; textPane.setPreferredSize(d); getContentPane().validate(); } catch (Exception e2) { } } }); JPanel south = new JPanel(); textPane = new JTextPane(); textPane.setText("Some \ntext"); textPane.setEditable(false); textPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(120, 23)); south.add(textPane); getContentPane().add(south, BorderLayout.SOUTH); } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new Main(); frame.setSize(200, 200); frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setVisible(true); } }