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On Feb 26, 10:52 am, "TonyB" <t...@kerrisway.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm trying out a simple gui. I'm trying to create an text area to allow me
> to display some text from inside the app if a menu item is clicked. I think
> JTextArea will do the job, but I'm having problems making it appear.
> The code to add to my container is
>         Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();
>         JTextArea itemArea = new JTextArea();
>         contentPane.add(itemArea);
> is the contentPane the main area of the window ?
> Tony


try giving the textArea some size

JTextArea itemArea = new JTextArea(10,10);
now add it to a scrollPane
contentPane.add(new JScrollPane(itemArea));

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