Java tutorial
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextArea; public class TextAreaFrame extends JFrame implements ActionListener { private JButton insertButton = new JButton("Insert"); private JButton wrapButton = new JButton("Wrap"); private JButton noWrapButton = new JButton("No wrap"); private JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(8, 40); private JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea); public TextAreaFrame() { JPanel p = new JPanel(); p.add(insertButton); insertButton.addActionListener(this); p.add(wrapButton); wrapButton.addActionListener(this); p.add(noWrapButton); noWrapButton.addActionListener(this); getContentPane().add(p, "South"); getContentPane().add(scrollPane, "Center"); setTitle("TextAreaTest"); setSize(300, 300); addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }); } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) { Object source = evt.getSource(); if (source == insertButton) textArea.append( "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."); else if (source == wrapButton) { textArea.setLineWrap(true); scrollPane.validate(); } else if (source == noWrapButton) { textArea.setLineWrap(false); scrollPane.validate(); } } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new TextAreaFrame(); f.show(); } }