Re: Newbie on JtextArea swing component
Rico wrote:
The numbers that are printed out by the System.out.println()'s are
correct (I counted the lines and characters in a separate text editor)
but the text in the JTextArea is not placed at the correct place. Does
the JTextArea convert tabs to spaces? How does it handle newlines/
Carriage returns?
JTextArea has a property for tab size. I think the default is 8. I'd
also be surprised if it used something else besides newline ("\n") to
mark the end of a line. I don't know how it deals with carriage returns
("\r" at least in C). Best to remove those if you think you have any.
I can't guess what looks funny on your JTextArea without more info on
what exactly is going on, and what exactly you think isn't displaying
right. Try setting up a JTextArea with just all defaults, then see how
it looks. Don't set lineWrap, it'll mess you up.
Ditto with any JScrollPane that contains this JTextArea. Make one at
default settings and try that first. We'll be in better shape to guess
what's going on if everything is at defaults.
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