Java tutorial
import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.UIManager; public class TextAreaExample { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new JFrame("Text Area Examples"); JPanel upperPanel = new JPanel(); JPanel lowerPanel = new JPanel(); f.getContentPane().add(upperPanel, "North"); f.getContentPane().add(lowerPanel, "South"); upperPanel.add(new JTextArea(content)); upperPanel.add(new JTextArea(content, 6, 10)); upperPanel.add(new JTextArea(content, 3, 8)); lowerPanel.add(new JScrollPane(new JTextArea(content, 6, 8))); JTextArea ta = new JTextArea(content, 6, 8); ta.setLineWrap(true); lowerPanel.add(new JScrollPane(ta)); ta = new JTextArea(content, 6, 8); ta.setLineWrap(true); ta.setWrapStyleWord(true); lowerPanel.add(new JScrollPane(ta)); f.pack(); f.setVisible(true); } static String content = "Here men from the planet Earth\n" + "first set foot upon the Moon,\n" + "July 1969, AD.\n" + "We came in peace for all mankind."; }