How to set AUTO-SCROLLING of JTextArea in Java GUI

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I have embedded a JTextArea on a JScrollPane and am using that JTextArea for output.

I want that whenever the ouput goes beyond the size of the JTextArea, the JTextArea scrolls automatically so that user don't have to do manual scroll down to see the recent output.

How can I do that?
Apr 21, 2020 in Java by kartik
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Hii kartik,

When you click anywhere over JTextArea, auto-scrolling have possible to be stopped. Because the position of caret once changed, view point changed too. In this time you should set caret position when you append or add some text. On my way, I made method including set caret position, and then use it when anything to be added or appended.

You can try this:

 JScrollBar vbar = scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar();

    for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {

        myJTxt.append("This is text " + i + "\n");
        vbar.setValue(vbar.getMaximum());
        vbar.paint(vbar.getGraphics());
        myJTxt.scrollRectToVisible(myJTxt.getVisibleRect());
        myJTxt.paint(myJTxt.getGraphics());
        try {
            Thread.sleep(250);
        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(ScrollTextView.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
    }
answered Apr 21, 2020 by Niroj
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