Java tutorial
import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument; import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet; import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException; import javax.swing.text.Document; import javax.swing.text.DocumentFilter; import javax.swing.text.Element; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(10, 30); AbstractDocument doc = (AbstractDocument) textArea.getDocument(); doc.setDocumentFilter(new EndOfLineFilter()); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(new JScrollPane(textArea)); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } } class EndOfLineFilter extends DocumentFilter { @Override public void replace(FilterBypass fb, final int offset, int length, String text, AttributeSet a) throws BadLocationException { if (text.equals("\n")) { text = addWhiteSpace(fb, offset, text); } super.replace(fb, offset, length, text, a); } private String addWhiteSpace(FilterBypass fb, int offset, String text) throws BadLocationException { Document doc = fb.getDocument(); Element root = doc.getDefaultRootElement(); int line = root.getElementIndex(offset); int i = root.getElement(line).getStartOffset(); StringBuilder whiteSpace = new StringBuilder(text); while (true) { String temp = doc.getText(i, 1); if (temp.equals(" ") || temp.equals("\t")) { System.out.println("added"); whiteSpace.append(temp); i++; } else { break; } } return whiteSpace.toString(); } }