Need help with a scroll bar...should be working how it is coded

[ndsmith20]

Need to be able to place text in textarea and it should become scrollable if the text overflows

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class WordSearch implements ActionListener
{
	public WordSearch()
	{
		JFrame wordSearch = new JFrame("Word Search");//create frame 
		wordSearch.setLayout(new BorderLayout());//set layout to borderlayout
		wordSearch.setSize(500, 300);//set size of frame
		wordSearch.setLocation(200, 200);//set where frame will populate on screen
		
		
		JLabel label = new JLabel("Empty or Copy & Paste Text");//label for top panel
		JButton clear = new JButton("Clear");//Add clear button for top panel
		clear.setMnemonic('C');//set c as the mnemonic for clear
		
		JTextArea area = new JTextArea(10,40);//set a typable text area
		area.setLineWrap(true);
      area.setWrapStyleWord(true);
		JScrollPane jsp = new JScrollPane(area);//add scroll bar
		jsp.setVisible(true);
		
		JTextArea search = new JTextArea(1,10);//set a typable search area
		search.setVisible(true);
		search.setEditable(true);//allows user to enter text
		JButton search1 = new JButton("Search");//creates a search button
		search1.setMnemonic('S');//set s as the mnemonic for search
		
		JLabel found2 = new JLabel("# Found");
		JTextArea found = new JTextArea(1,5);//sets a found search area
		found.setText("0");//set text field to 0
		found.setVisible(true);
		JButton reset = new JButton("Reset");//creates new button to reset the findings
		reset.setMnemonic('R');
		JButton exit = new JButton("Exit");//creates new button to exit program
		exit.setMnemonic('x');
		
		JPanel jpNorth = new JPanel();//create a panel for the top
		JPanel jpCenter = new JPanel();//create a center panel for text box
		JPanel jpSouth = new JPanel();//create a panel for the bottom
		
		jpNorth.add(label);//places label in top panel
		jpNorth.add(clear);//places button in top panel
		
		jpCenter.add(area);//places text box in center panel
		jpCenter.add(jsp);//add scroll bar to center panel
		
		jpSouth.add(search);//places text box in bottom panel
		jpSouth.add(search1);//places search button
		jpSouth.add(found2);//label for found
		jpSouth.add(found);//places found txt box in bottom panel
		jpSouth.add(reset);//places reset button in bottom panel
		jpSouth.add(exit);//places exit button in bottom panel
		
		wordSearch.add(jpNorth, BorderLayout.NORTH);//places top panel in north position
		wordSearch.add(jpCenter, BorderLayout.CENTER);//places center panel in center position
		wordSearch.add(jpSouth, BorderLayout.SOUTH);//places bottom panel in bottom postion
		
		JMenuBar mbar = new JMenuBar();//create menu bar
		wordSearch.setJMenuBar(mbar);
		JMenu file = new JMenu("File");//creates a file button on menu bar
		JMenuItem resetAll = new JMenuItem("ResetAll");//create reset all option under file
		resetAll.setMnemonic('A');
		JMenuItem exit1 = new JMenuItem("Exit");//create exit option under file
		exit1.setMnemonic('x');
		file.add(resetAll);//add reset all to file option on menu bar
		file.add(exit1);//add exit to file option on menu bar
		mbar.add(file);//adds file option to menu bar
		
		exit.addActionListener(this);//adds action listener to the exit button
		exit1.addActionListener(this);//adds action listener to the exit menu item
		
		wordSearch.setVisible(true);//allows the frame to be visible
		
		Searcher searchIT = new Searcher(search1, reset, exit, resetAll, exit1, area, search, found);//sets listner for search1 JButton
		
		wordSearch.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);//so program will close when x is clicked		
	}
	
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)//sets an action to be performed for the exit options
	{
		if (e.getActionCommand().equals("Exit"))
		{
			System.exit(0);
		}
		else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("x"))
		{
			System.exit(0);
		}
	}
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		WordSearch word = new WordSearch();
	}
}

[eRaaaa]

Delete line 47 "jpCenter.add(area);//places text box in center panel"
You just need to add the scrollpane to the panel.

Offtopic: Why do you use a JTextArea for the search field? Would be a JTextField not better?

[ndsmith20]

The JTextField would definitely be better and will change to that for the search box, and I will remove line 47 and see how it works. Thank you eRaaaa

[ndsmith20]

it worked!