Scrollable TextArea

[Dean Reedy]

I have a scrollable TextArea, when I add text using setText("...") the Horizantal scrollbar goes to the bottom. I want the scrollbar at the top so the use sees the text at the beginning, not the ending text.
Any ideas?

[kate damond]

Yes, irritating isn't it : there should be a method like .ensureIndexIsVisible(int) like there is for Lists.
But there isn't.
You can do it as a side affect of setCaretPosition :

getJTextArea1().setText(existingText + " And a whole lot more stuff.");
getJTextArea1().setCaretPosition(0);

which is a bit cheesy... but then I suppose it's logical to only let your users start editing on the bit they can see. (Seems to work for non-editable TextArea too)
Kate

[Dean Reedy]

Kate,
Thankyou!
That worked perfectly!
Dean