Java tutorial
import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.FontMetrics; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextPane; import javax.swing.text.SimpleAttributeSet; import javax.swing.text.StyleConstants; import javax.swing.text.TabSet; import javax.swing.text.TabStop; public class Main { public static void setTabs(JTextPane textPane, int charactersPerTab) { FontMetrics fm = textPane.getFontMetrics(textPane.getFont()); int charWidth = fm.charWidth('w'); int tabWidth = charWidth * charactersPerTab; TabStop[] tabs = new TabStop[5]; for (int i = 0; i < tabs.length; i++) { int tab = i + 1; tabs[i] = new TabStop(tab * tabWidth); } TabSet tabSet = new TabSet(tabs); SimpleAttributeSet attributes = new SimpleAttributeSet(); StyleConstants.setTabSet(attributes, tabSet); int length = textPane.getDocument().getLength(); textPane.getStyledDocument().setParagraphAttributes(0, length, attributes, false); } public static void main(String[] args) { JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane(); textPane.setText("12345678\n\t1\t2\t3a"); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textPane); scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(700, 100)); setTabs(textPane, 8); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(scrollPane); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } }