Text Positioning in Text Field

I have a 3 inch x 7 inch text field set to "Allow Multiple Lines" however, when I "Preview PDF", any text that is entered starts in the middle of the text field and moves up one line at a time as the text wraps. How do I get the cursor to start at the top left corner of the field instead of the middle?
Thanks in advance for the help!

Right click on the field -> choose pallets -> click Paragraph. There you will find the text alignment controls.
or
Window menu -> Paragraph
Nith

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          frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); }
          frame.pack();
          frame.setVisible(true);
          while(CONNECTFLAG == false){}
//sames as previous client,
//set up connection and then listen for messages from the Server
          String socketIP = ipAddr;
          int port = Integer.parseInt(portNr);
//the IP address of the machine where the server is running
          Socket theSocket = null;
//communication line to the server
          out = null;
//for message sending
          BufferedReader in = null;
//for message receiving
          try {
          theSocket = new Socket(socketIP, port );
//try to connect
          out = new PrintStream(theSocket.getOutputStream());
               dPanel.out = out;
//for client to send messages
          in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(theSocket.getInputStream()));
               BufferedReader userIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
               String fromServer;
               while ((fromServer = in.readLine()) != null) {
               appendText(fromServer);
               if (fromServer.equals("BYE")) {
                    appendText("Connection Closed");
                    break;
          out.close();
//close all streams
          in.close();
          theSocket.close();
//close the socket
     } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
//if the socket cannot be openned
          System.err.println("Cannot find " + socketIP);
          System.exit(1);
          } catch (IOException e) { //if the socket cannot be read or written
          System.err.println("Could not make I/O connection with " + socketIP);
          System.exit(1);
class HyperListener implements HyperlinkListener {
public JEditorPane sourcePane;
public void hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent e) {
if (e.getEventType() == HyperlinkEvent.EventType.ACTIVATED) {
sourcePane = (JEditorPane) e.getSource();
               if (e instanceof HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent) {
HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent event = (HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent) e;
                    System.out.println(event.getTarget());
                    HTMLDocument doc = (HTMLDocument) sourcePane.getDocument();
                    doc.processHTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(event);
else {
try {}
catch (Exception ev){
     ev.printStackTrace();
Well sorry the source code takes up the whole forum but I need a good feedback from this.

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public class guiClient extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
static String userString;
static String currentFont;
String fontchoice;
String fontlist;
static JTextField userName = new JTextField();
public guiClient() {
     super("My Client");
public guiClient() {
     super("My Client");
// Create a ComboBox
GraphicsEnvironment gEnv = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
String envfonts[] = gEnv.getAvailableFontFamilyNames();
Vector vector = new Vector();
for ( int i = 1; i < envfonts.length; i++ ) {
vector.addElement(envfonts);
JComboBox fontlist = new JComboBox (envfonts);
     fontlist.setSelectedIndex(0);
     fontlist.setEditable(true);
     fontlist.addActionListener(this);
     fontchoice = envfonts[0];
//Create a regular text field.
     JTextField textField = new JTextField(10);
     textField.setActionCommand(textFieldString);
     textField.addActionListener(this);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//if the action is from the textfield (e.g. user hits enter)
     if (e.getActionCommand().equals(textFieldString)) {
          JTextField fromUser = (JTextField)e.getSource();
     if (fromUser != null){
//place user text in editor pane
//send message to server
               if (userName.getText() != null) {
                    userString = userName.getText().trim();
               out.println(userString + ": " + fromUser.getText());
          fromUser.setText("");
     else if (e.getActionCommand().equals(fontlist)){
     JComboBox cb = (JComboBox)e.getSource();
String newSelection = (String)cb.getSelectedItem();
currentFont = newSelection;
     userString = currentFont;
return;

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