If you'd read the JavaDoc for the JTextArea class you'd have seen: "The java.awt.TextArea internally handles scrolling. JTextArea is different in that it doesn't manage scrolling, but implements the swing Scrollable interface. This allows it to be placed inside a JScrollPane if scrolling behavior is desired, and used directly if scrolling is not desired. "
So put your text area in a JScrollPane and set the relavbent scroll bars. Cheers, -- Bob Arnott Software Engineer, Consulting Accelrys Ltd. 334 Cambridge Science Park Cambridge, CB4 0WN +44 (0) 1223 228621 Martin Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 23/10/2002 10:52 Please respond to A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: JTextArea I have a swing.JTextArea. How can i show scrollbars? =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com