Text Area

TextArea class handles the multiline of text. It is the subclass of TextComponent. The constructors for TextArea are Listed below:

TextArea()   - It constructs an empty text area.

TextArea(String text)   - It constructs a text area with text as initial context .

TextArea(int rows, int cols)  - constructs an empty text area with the specified number of rows and columns.

TextArea(String text, int rows, int cols, int Scrollbarconstant)  - constructs a text area whose initial content is text and the specified number of rows and columns with scrollbar. The scrollbar should be one of the following:

TextArea.SCROLLBARS_BOTH

TextArea.SCROLLBARS_NONE

TextArea.SCROLLBARS_HORIZONTAL_ONLY

TextArea.SCROLLBARS_VERTICAL_ONLY

append(String s)   - this method is used to add the text at the end of a string in Text area.

insert(String s, int position)  - to insert a text at particular position.

setEditable(boolean b)   - Makes the text area editable, if true is passed as the argument.

Example:

import java.applet.*;

import java.awt.*;

public class TextAreaDemo extends Applet

{

    public void init()

    {

        TextArea ta=new TextArea(5, 8);

        Label l1=new Label("Text Area", Label.CENTER);

        ta.setText("This\nis the \nTest\nfor Text Area\nwith\nnon editable \nmode");

        add(l1);

        add(ta);

        ta.setEditable(false);

    }

}

/*

 * <applet code="TextAreaDemo.class" width=250 height=150>

 * </applet>

 */

How to Execute this Example??

d:\>  javac TextAreaDemo.java

d:\>  appletviewer TextAreaDemo.java

Output: