How do you add text to a JTextArea [duplicate]

Question

I am making a simple NotePad app in my spare time and i have added some buttons to add some text, like the time or an essay plan etc. I am currently using the code

textArea.setText("Text");

But it keeps on replacing all of the text, is there anyway to just add the text to the JTextArea? I've tried

textArea.addText("Text"); 

and it doesn't seem to work.

Answer 1

You need to use textArea.append("text");

Answer 2

You should use the append and insert methods.