Configures a JTextArea to display as if it were a label. - Java Swing

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Description

Configures a JTextArea to display as if it were a label.

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;

import java.awt.Font;

import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

public class Main {
    /**//from w  w  w  .  j  av  a2  s.c  om
     * Configures a text area to display as if it were a label.  This can be useful if you know how many columns
     * you want a label to be.
     * @param textArea The text area to configure as a JLabel.
     */
    public static void configureAsLabel(JTextArea textArea) {
        textArea.setOpaque(false);
        Font textFont = UIManager.getFont("Label.font");
        textArea.setFont(textFont);
        textArea.setBorder(null);
        textArea.setLineWrap(true);
        textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
        textArea.setEditable(false);
    }
}

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