How to make text area text automatically go to the next line when line is finished?

Question

This is my code for text field. It is not changing the line when the line ends, but continues to go on, making the frame look weird.

I tried to use a scroll pane, but it did not help me.

JTextArea TextArea = new JTextArea(7,10);
gridConstraints.gridx = 0;
gridConstraints.gridy = 0;
TextPanel.add(TextArea, gridConstraints);
TextArea.setEditable(true); 

Answer 1

Without line & word wrapping, the size of a JTextArea will grow beyond its original size. You could call:

textArea.setLineWrap(true);
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);

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Side notes:

• JTextArea are typically placed in JScollPane containers to facilitate scrolling.
• Java naming conventions indicate that variables start with a lowercase letter, making TextArea textArea