Aligning text in a text area

Question

Is it possible to align text in a JTextArea?

Answer 1

also not sure what you're after, but try this
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
class Testing extends JFrame
  public Testing()
    setLocation(300,200);
    setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    String[] name = {"joe","christopher","fred","robert","al","josephine","mary"};
    String[] income = {"100","100000","10000","1","88888","50000","200000"};
    JPanel jp = new JPanel();
    JTextArea ta = new JTextArea(20,30);
    JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(ta);
    sp.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(175,150));
    jp.add(sp);
    getContentPane().add(jp);
    pack();
    String pad = "                    ";
    ta.setFont(new Font("monospaced",Font.PLAIN,12));//comment out this line to see difference
    for(int x = 0; x < name.length; x++)
      ta.append(name[x]+(pad+income[x]).substring(name[x].length()+income[x].length())+"\n");
  public static void main(String[] args){new Testing().setVisible(true);}
}