How to set the orientation of JTextArea from right to left (inside JOptionPane)

Question

I have JScrollPane with JTextArea inside it and I am trying to set the JTextArea\'s orientation from right to left so the text inside it will start

Answer 1

The following lines solved my problem:

jTextArea1.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
jTextArea1.setText();

They serve to:

1. setComponentOrientation() changes the orientation of the TextArea; and,
2. setText() refreshes TextArea immediately so it displays properly

Simply setting ComponentOrientation to RIGHT_TO_LEFT is not sufficient by itself. repaint() doesn't force the text to realign itself. A quick solution for me was to update the contents of the TextArea. That forced the text to realign itself.