How to stylize (make bold) text in a JTextArea?

Question

JTextArea txt = new JTextArea();
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    sb.append(\"Employee Information\");
    sb.append(\"\\n\");
    sb.append(\"Name:\");
            


        

Answer 1

You can use the setFont method. For your example try :

Font font = txt.getFont();  
txt.setFont(font.deriveFont(Font.BOLD));

(Keep in mind that txt is the JTextArea, not your actual text.)

Answer 2

The JText Area is a plain text area, for styled text areas you need something like JEditorPane or JTextPane, take a look at the Documentation