TextArea expands on own?

[Merlin_1102]

Hey im kinda a newbie to java so i dont know much any help would be
appreciated. Thanx in advance to anyone who does help or takes the time
to read this.
Hey i have placed a text area in a panel which uses a borderlayout.
the code goes relatively like this

// Create a new JPanel to sit in the top right corner
this.topRight = new JPanel();
this.topRight.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

String plantInfo = plantGetInformation();
plantInformation.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(100, 300));
plantInformation.setText(plantInfo);

private String plantGetInformation()
{
String allInfo = "";
allInfo = allInfo + "Description: " + dataPlant.getDescription() +
"\n";
allInfo = allInfo + "Other Notes: " + dataPlant.getOtherNotes() + "\n";
return allInfo;
}

Anyway my problem is that when I add this information to the text field
the text field expands opff the screen to fit in the text.. The get
description returns a rather long string. Is there anyway i can have
stay at a set size and drop down automatically without using \n?

Thanx

[Chris]

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Merlin_1102 wrote:

Hey im kinda a newbie to java so i dont know much any help would be
appreciated. Thanx in advance to anyone who does help or takes the
time to read this.
Hey i have placed a text area in a panel which uses a borderlayout.
the code goes relatively like this

// Create a new JPanel to sit in the top right corner
this.topRight = new JPanel();
this.topRight.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

String plantInfo = plantGetInformation();
plantInformation.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(100, 300));
plantInformation.setText(plantInfo);

private String plantGetInformation()
{
String allInfo = "";
allInfo = allInfo + "Description: " +
dataPlant.getDescription() +
"\n";
allInfo = allInfo + "Other Notes: " + dataPlant.getOtherNotes()
+ "\n";
return allInfo;
}

Anyway my problem is that when I add this information to the text
field the text field expands opff the screen to fit in the text..
The get description returns a rather long string. Is there anyway i
can have stay at a set size and drop down automatically without
using \n?

Thanx

Hi,
As far as I can tell, your "plantInformation" is a JTextArea. If this
is so, it will indeed get as large as necessary to hold all the text.
If you want a "classic"-style text area, you need a JScrollPane. You
should be able to do the following, wherever it is you have
<something>.add(plantInformation):

JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(plantInformation);
<something>.add(sp);

The default configuration is for the JScrollPane to take up the amount
of space it's "supposed" to (i.e. the layout manager, or you, tell it
to - you'll need to call setMaximumSize() on the JScrollPane instead
of the JTextArea), and display scrollbars if the content gets too
big. You can use the 3-parameter constructor or the
set{Vertical|Horizontal}ScrollbarPolicy() methods if you need the
scrollbars to be permanent or nonexistent.

- --
Chris
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[Todd Corley]

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JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(plantInformation);
<something>.add(sp);

Additionally if you want to keep the info on screen...

plantInformation.setLineWrap( true );

// and optionally to keep from wrapping in the middle of a word.

plantInformation.setWrapStyleWord( true );