Text area not showing up

Question

I am trying to add a simple empty field to my program, in
which a user can put in his name. Trying this, no text area is visible at all.

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
panel.setSize(800, 600);
JTextArea enterName1 = new JTextArea(50, 50);
enterName1.setRows(20);
enterName1.setColumns(1);
panel.add(enterName1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
enterName1.setVisible(true);
panel.setVisible(true);

What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

You just need to add your panel to a jframe and make sure it's visible!

Main

public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {

    MyView view = new MyView();

}

View

public class MyView extends JFrame {

    public MyView() {
       JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        panel.setSize(800, 600);
        JTextArea enterName1 = new JTextArea(50, 50);
        enterName1.setRows(20);
        enterName1.setColumns(1);
        panel.add(enterName1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        enterName1.setVisible(true);
        panel.setVisible(true);
        this.add(panel);
        this.setVisible(true);
        this.setSize(800, 600);
    }
}

Output (N.b. I wrote "Hello world!!")