stop horizontal scrolling in JTextArea

Question

I want to add a JTextArea to an application. Normally that textarea contains large content and both horizontal and vertical ScrollBars appear when running that application. I want to remove horizontal scrolling; I have found that it is possible with HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER field but then it does not show the complete contents (it doesn't wrapped horizontally and move content to next row). how to overcome this. I want to stop horizontal scrolling and put contents in next row without scrolling it on a row.

Amish

See here for an example. – Heribertoheringer

Answer 1

Try this:

yourJTextArea.setLineWrap(true);
yourJTextArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);

Mittiemittimus

You don't need to set the horizontal scroll policy, just the wrapping policy. – Fanning

Remove explicit horizontal scroll policy change; it is unnecessary. – Clarisaclarise

this should be the accepted answer, works fine for me! – Estop

Answer 2

You can change the scroll bar policy:

JScrollPane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);

This will disable the horizontal scroll bar

Leopoldine

-1, Why would anyone upvote this answer? The question clearly states the poster has tried using "HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER" and it doesn't do what the poster wants. – Fanning

There was nothing about HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER in the original post, if the OP edits his post without comment, that isnt my fault. – Leopoldine

Click on the link to the right of the "edited" label and you will see the original text. – Fanning

My mistake, I swore there wasnt anything there. – Leopoldine

so sorry I think it was a my mistake because i was not highlighted 'HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER' filed in my original post. I said it but didn't highlighted. sorry for that and thanks for answering. – Amish

@Mad, it is not your fault. The highlighting is nice but not necessary. We need to take the time to fully read the question. What is important is that you accept an answer once you get a solution. – Fanning