How can I create a JTextArea with a specified width and the smallest possible height required to display all the text?

Question

In all the examples that I can find that use a JTextArea, the height & width is known before constructing the JTextArea, and if the JText

Answer 1

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

class FixedWidthLabel {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Runnable r = new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                String pt1 = "
Label Height
" +
                    "
Many Swing components support HTML 3.2 &" +
                    " (simple) CSS.  By setting a body width we can cause the " +
                    " component to find the natural height needed to display" +
                    " the component.

" +
                    "
The body width in this text is set to " +
                    "";
                String pt3 =
                    " pixels." +
                    "";

                JPanel p = new JPanel( new BorderLayout() );

                JLabel l1 = new JLabel( pt1 + "125" + pt2 + "125" + pt3 );
                p.add(l1, BorderLayout.WEST);

                JLabel l2 = new JLabel( pt1 + "200" + pt2 + "200" + pt3 );
                p.add(l2, BorderLayout.CENTER);

                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, p);
            }
        };
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(r);
    }
}