jtextpane – Tarik Billa

Centering Text in a JTextArea or JTextPane – Horizontal Text Alignment

September 18, 2023 by Tarik

You need to use a JTextPane and use attributes. The following should center all the text: StyledDocument doc = textPane.getStyledDocument(); SimpleAttributeSet center = new SimpleAttributeSet(); StyleConstants.setAlignment(center, StyleConstants.ALIGN_CENTER); doc.setParagraphAttributes(0, doc.getLength(), center, false); Edit: Vertical centering is not supported as far as I know. Here is some code you might find useful: Vertical Alignment of JTextPane

JTextPane appending a new string

August 27, 2023 by Tarik

I doubt that is the recommended approach for appending text. This means every time you change some text you need to reparse the entire document. The reason people may do this is because the don’t understand how to use a JEditorPane. That includes me. I much prefer using a JTextPane and then using attributes. A … Read more