Center text in a text component with line wrapping

Question

I need to display dynamic text in a text component. I need line wrapping (on work boundaries) and also need horizontal and vertical center alignment.
How do I do this? I saw a previous post on aligning text in a JTextArea that said to use a JTextPane but I don't see in JTextPane how to do word wrapping.
Thanks,
John

Answer 1

//  File:          SystemInfoWindow.java.java
//  Classes:     SystemInfoWindow
//  Package:     utilities.msglib
//  Purpose:     Implement the SystemInfoWindow class.
//     Author:          JJB 
//     Revision History:
//     Date            By   Rel#  Description of change
//     =============  ===  ====  ===============================================
//     Jul 3, 2006   JJB  1.00  Original version
//  Public Types / Classes          Type Description
//  ========================     =============================================
//     SystemInfoWindow
package utilities.msglib;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextPane;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
* TODO Enter description
class SystemInfoWindow extends JDialog {
      * @param args
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
               public void run() {
                    Test thisClass = new Test();
                    thisClass.setVisible(true);
                    SystemInfoWindow window = new SystemInfoWindow(thisClass);
                    window.setMessage("System shutdown in progress ... lot sof atatarte athis tis a sa logoint of tesxt it keeps going and going and going thsoreoiat afsjkjslakjs fshafhdskrjlkjsdfj");
                    window.setVisible(true);
     //     ------------------------  Inner Classes ---------------------
     static class Test extends JFrame {
          private JPanel jContentPane = null;
           * This is the default constructor
          public Test() {
               super();
               initialize();
           * This method initializes this
           * @return void
          private void initialize() {
               this.setSize(300, 200);
               this.setContentPane(getJContentPane());
               this.setTitle("JFrame");
           * This method initializes jContentPane
           * @return javax.swing.JPanel
          private JPanel getJContentPane() {
               if (jContentPane == null) {
                    jContentPane = new JPanel();
                    jContentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
               return jContentPane;
     //     ------------------------  Static Fields ---------------------
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -8602533190114692294L;
     //     ------------------------  Static Methods --------------------
     //     ------------------------  Public Fields ---------------------
     //     ------------------------  Non-Public Fields -----------------
     private JPanel jContentPane = null;
     private JTextPane textField = null;
     public SystemInfoWindow(JFrame frame) {
          super(frame);
          initialize();
          //setUndecorated(true);
          setLocationRelativeTo(frame);
          pack();
     //     ------------------------  Interface Implementations ---------
     //     ------------------------  Public Methods --------------------
     public void setMessage(String text){
          textField.setText(text);
          adjustSize();
     //     ------------------------  Non-Public Methods ----------------
     private void adjustSize(){
          Dimension oldSize = textField.getPreferredSize();
          textField.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(
                    oldSize.width, oldSize.height + 30));
          pack();
     //     ------------------------  Generated Code --------------------
      * This method initializes this
      * @return void
     private void initialize() {
          this.setSize(300, 200);
          this.setModal(true);
          this.setContentPane(getJContentPane());
          this.addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
               public void windowOpened(java.awt.event.WindowEvent e) {
                    //setLocationRelativeTo(MsgLibGlobals.parent);
                    pack();
      * This method initializes jContentPane
      * @return javax.swing.JPanel
     private JPanel getJContentPane() {
          if (jContentPane == null) {
               jContentPane = new JPanel();
               jContentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
               jContentPane.setMaximumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(50,2147483647));
               jContentPane.add(getTextField(), java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
          return jContentPane;
      * This method initializes textField     
      * @return javax.swing.JTextPane     
     private JTextPane getTextField() {
          if (textField == null) {
               textField = new JTextPane();
               textField.setEditable(false);
               textField.setMaximumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(20,2147483647));
          return textField;
}Message was edited by:
BaltimoreJohn