Text format in JTextArea

I have the following two strings and I would like to display them just as what I typed here in JTextArea.

" a| b| c|"
" aa| bb| ccc|"

However, I noticed that JTextArea cannot line them up nicely becuase it treats the empty space different from regular characters. If I use Notepad or any other text editor, I can get nice format but JTextArea just cannot. I tried JTextPane, the same thing. Seems to me they give ' ' (space) half of the size of a regular character (like 'a').

Any way to work around this? Thanks very much.

Let me confirm:

" a | b | c |"
" aa| bb| ccc|"

I gave space in the string so that the '|' can line up for these two strings. I can do this in Notepad, but not in JTextArea.

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Originally Posted by goodlily

I have the following two strings and I would like to display them just as what I typed here in JTextArea.

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"  a|    b|      c|"
" aa|  bb|    ccc|"

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However, I noticed that JTextArea cannot line them up nicely becuase it treats the empty space different from regular characters. If I use Notepad or any other text editor, I can get nice format but JTextArea just cannot. I tried JTextPane, the same thing. Seems to me they give ' ' (space) half of the size of a regular character (like 'a').

Any way to work around this? Thanks very much.

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The key to solving your problem is the font used for the JTextArea, and I'd try to use a monospaced font. e.g.:

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      int fontPoints = 12; // or whatever works best!
      myTextArea.setFont(new Font(Font.MONOSPACED, Font.PLAIN, fontPoints ));

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it really worked. Appreciate !

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Originally Posted by goodlily

it really worked. Appreciate !

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Good deal! You're welcome!