Create Text Area using JTextArea Class

Overview

In this tutorial, we will learn steps to create a text area using JTextArea class. Text Area is a GUI component that allows users to input multiple lines of text.

JTextArea Class

To create a text area, we can use the JTextArea class. To import the class we can use the following import statement:

import javax.swing.JTextArea;

The display area of JTextArea is defined by rows and columns properties.

JTextArea ta = new JTextArea(10, 10);

Java Program

package com.testingdocs.swing.components;

/**********************************************
 * FileName: JTextAreaDemo.java
 * Package : com.testingdocs.swing.components
 * 
 * Java Tutorials - www.TestingDocs.com
 **********************************************/

import java.awt.*;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

public class JTextAreaDemo {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
 final JFrame frame = new JFrame("JTextArea -www.TestingDocs.com");
 JTextArea tArea = new JTextArea(20, 30);
 JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(tArea);
 tArea.setText("Sample Text in Text Area...."); 
 frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 frame.setSize(400, 400);
 frame.getContentPane().add(sp);
 frame.setVisible(true);
 }
}