Appending text in Java's JTextArea

Question

I have a problem with my text area.

I use jTextArea1.append(\"cleverly amusing\"); to add the text..

FIRST APPEND:

Answer 1

Why not use setText(String text) instead of append(String text)?

Answer 2

Instead of removeAll, just call setText() with the first line you want and then you can append the additional data if you want.

Answer 3

If your JTextArea will only contain "WORD HINT: ..." then use the setText() method:

jTextArea1.setText("WORD HINT:\n" + word);

This will replace all the text with what you want.

BTW : removeAll() is part of the Container class, and is not to remove text but child components.