auto scrolling a text area.

[Dan Gidman]

I know this may seem like a no brainer but...

in major chat programs the message window autoscrolls as more content is
added to it. How would you do this with a JTextArea inside a JScrollPane?

Thanks

[Rob]

"Dan Gidman" <danatcofo@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I know this may seem like a no brainer but...
>
>in major chat programs the message window autoscrolls as more content is
>added to it. How would you do this with a JTextArea inside a JScrollPane?
>
>Thanks

I don't know if this is the best way, but try:

/* force test area to scroll */
yourTextArea.setCaretPosition(yourTextArea.getText().length());

Afer you append the text to the TextArea.

Rob

[rtantti]

I had the exact same issue and this solution worked perfectly. Thanks!!!