JTextArea: how to wrap text by words, not characters?

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I want to avoid an output like this:

Here is some text t
hat is being wrappe
d by characters, sp
litting words in ha
lf

I am using a JTextArea, with setLineWrap(true). How can I make it wrap words, though? (Is there a way to make it only wrap when there is a space or something?)

score 61 · Accepted Answer · answered May 19 '11 at 01:30

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JTextArea.setWrapStyleWord(true)?

answered May 19 '11 at 01:30

EboMike

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I feel silly for missing this method completely when glancing at the API. Thanks. – Cherie May 19 '11 at 01:39
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We need to use both the wrapper function together: textArea.setLineWrap(true); textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true); – Srijan Chaudhary Sep 05 '18 at 13:26

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 24 '18 at 18:00

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You could just go to the properties window of the text field and check the boxes for both wrap style word and line wrap. It works like a charm

edited Sep 24 '18 at 18:00

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answered Sep 24 '18 at 14:59

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Anuj Mor · Answer 3 · 2017-10-05T16:01:53.043

If you want your text is wrapped by words and not by the characters ( in other words , if you want you half word also shifts to next line

Very simple just use wrapstyleword instead of linewrap Syntax - JTextArea.setwrapstyleword(true);

Note~ It can only be used when you linewrap is already true I hope it would help.

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 20 '22 at 19:43

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To make wrap by words like this:

JtextArea textArea = new JTextArea(8, 20);
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);

answered Dec 20 '22 at 19:43

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