Here you can find the source of insertLineAfter(JTextComponent textComponent)
public static void insertLineAfter(JTextComponent textComponent)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww.j a va 2s. c om * TextUtilities.java * * Copyright (C) 2002-2015 Takis Diakoumis * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 * of the License, or any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * */ import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent; public class Main { public static void insertLineAfter(JTextComponent textComponent) { String newLine = "\n"; int caretIndex = textComponent.getCaretPosition(); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(textComponent.getText()); int endOfLineIndex = sb.indexOf(newLine, caretIndex); int length = sb.length(); if (caretIndex == length || endOfLineIndex == length) sb.append(newLine); else sb.insert(endOfLineIndex == -1 ? 0 : endOfLineIndex, newLine); textComponent.setText(sb.toString()); textComponent.setCaretPosition(endOfLineIndex == -1 ? length : endOfLineIndex + 1); sb = null; } }