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Adding margins in a JTextArea?

So I have a JTextArea which shows the text right from the top left corner. I want some margin on all 4 sides, so there's some space between text and boundary of the area.

I have researched a lot and could not find any solution. How can I do it?

Also, I was thinking maybe put up a label on all 4 sides to create dummy margin. How can I create a JLabel with certain width and height?

Solution

  • May be I dont understand your question correctly. However you can use setMargin()

    // set the margin for all four sides
tt.setMargin( new Insets(10,10,10,10) ); // tt is JTextArea instance

    Some Important Links

    1. setMargin API

    2. Class Insets