Center text in TextArea

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Is there a way to horizontally align a text in a textarea from awt? There is a getAlignment method but not a setAlignment. And I just want to use awt, not swing

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3213045/centering-text-in-a-jtextarea-or-jtextpane-horizontal-text-alignment — Hugo Sousa, Mar 06 '14 at 15:22

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '14 at 15:24

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There is no alignment property for a TextArea. The alignment is determined by which LayoutManager you are using.

answered Mar 06 '14 at 15:24

Arjit

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 15:37

You should try putting your components(eg TextArea) into containers it makes laying them out a much less stressfull task.

Take a look here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/visual.html

GridLayout or BorderLayout may be ones you should take a look at in particular. Best of luck!

Center text in TextArea

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