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epbk2 - 23 Jan 2004 17:03 GMT

Hi all,
I want to display text on the screen, I would normally use a JLabel but I
want this text to span over about 3 lines. I am trying to use a JTextArea
but I want the background to be transparent, like the JLabels. I can not
find anywhere in the API on how to do this. Any help or alternative ideas to
using JTextArea would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Ed Keen

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Alexandre Campos Hermida - 23 Jan 2004 12:15 GMT

You can try doing something like:

import javax.swing.*;

public class Test{
public static void main(String[] args){
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JTextArea a = new JTextArea();
a.setBorder(null);
a.setBackground(frame.getContentPane().getBackground());
frame.getContentPane().add(a);
frame.pack();
frame.show();
}
}

//Hermida

>Hi all,
>I want to display text on the screen, I would normally use a JLabel but I
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>
>Ed Keen

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Christian Kaufhold - 23 Jan 2004 17:18 GMT

> I want to display text on the screen, I would normally use a JLabel but I
> want this text to span over about 3 lines. I am trying to use a JTextArea
> but I want the background to be transparent, like the JLabels. I can not
> find anywhere in the API on how to do this. Any help or alternative ideas to
> using JTextArea would be greatly appreciated.

textArea.setOpaque(false);

Christian

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epbk2 - 23 Jan 2004 17:37 GMT

Worked a treat. Thanks for your help.

Ed

> textArea.setOpaque(false);

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