Java tutorial
import java.awt.Dimension; import javax.swing.BorderFactory; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextArea; public class TextArea { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JTextArea area = new JTextArea(); area.setLineWrap(true); area.setWrapStyleWord(true); area.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(8, 8, 8, 8)); f.add(new JScrollPane(area)); f.setSize(new Dimension(350, 300)); f.setLocationRelativeTo(null); f.setVisible(true); } }