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Asked: May 28, 20262026-05-28T05:16:17+00:00 2026-05-28T05:16:17+00:00

I have a JTextArea in Java. When I place a large amount of text

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I have a JTextArea in Java. When I place a large amount of text in it, the text area provides horizontal scrolling.

How can I make my text area wrap instead?

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    2026-05-28T05:16:18+00:00Added an answer on May 28, 2026 at 5:16 am

    Use the JTextArea#setLineWrap method. This is also illustrated in the Swing JTextArea tutorial

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