Changing font of JTextArea in JOptionPane

Question

I'm just wondering if you can somehow change the font of the text in showMesaggesDialog by using area.getText() (area is what i call for my JTextArea) so far i have tried this but no luck.

b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {     
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
        String myString=area.getText();
        Font font = new Font("Verdana", Font.BOLD, 12);
        area.setFont(font);
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(f.getComponent(0),myString);
    }
});

Answer 1

Rather than calling JOptionPane.showMessageDialog with a String, use a JLabel.

Try this:

b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {     
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
        String myString=area.getText();
        JLabel label = new JLabel(myString);
        Font font = new Font("Verdana", Font.BOLD, 12);
        label.setFont(font);
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(f.getComponent(0),label);
    }
});