Swing JTextArea Class

JTextArea is section of the JTextComponent. It includes the component named as JTextArea. The JTextArea component is used to display plain text and is a multi-line textarea. It is known as lightweight component for working with text.

Example...

import java.awt.*;

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

public class TextAreaa extends JApplet implements ActionListener

{

Container Panel;

JTextField Sample;

JTextArea e1,e2;

LayoutManager Layout;

public TextAreaa()

{

Sample=new JTextField("Sample",20);

e1=new JTextArea(5,20);

e2=new JTextArea(5,20);

Layout=new FlowLayout();

Panel=getContentPane();

Sample.addActionListener(this);

e1.setEditable(false);

e1.setBackground(Color.white);

e1.setLineWrap(true);

Panel.setLayout(Layout);

Panel.add(Sample);

Panel.add(e1);

Panel.add(e2);

Panel.setBackground(Color.pink);

}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionevnt)

{

String Reply;

Reply="text entered"+Sample.getText();

e1.setText(Reply);

Reply="text entered"+Sample.getText();

e2.setText(Reply);

}

}

//<applet code="TextAreaa.class" width=250 height=250></applet>