word wrap for JTextArea not available not found in java - jtextarea

Question

i am creating notepad and i have given the option of word wrap as in notepad
but when i write
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
than it gives me the error as shown
cannot Find Symbol
Symbol: method setLineWrap(boolean)
Location: Variable textArea of type TextArea
even when i press '.' and dropdown came for textArea but it doesnt shows setLineWrap boolean method
here is my code so far:
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package test3;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.*;
class Test3 extends JFrame{
private final JMenu Format;
private final JMenuItem Word;
private final TextArea textArea = new TextArea("", 0,0,TextArea.SCROLLBARS_VERTICAL_ONLY);
public Test3(){
setLayout(new FlowLayout()); //Default layout
JMenuBar menubar=new JMenuBar();
setJMenuBar(menubar);
this.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.getContentPane().add(textArea);
Format=new JMenu("Format");
Word=new JMenuItem("Word wrap");
Format.add(Word);
menubar.add(Format);
event1 e1 =new event1 ();
Word.addActionListener(e1);
}
public class event1 implements ActionListener{
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//textArea.setLineWrap(true);
//textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
}
}
public static void main(String []args){
Test3 t=new Test3();
t.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
t.setTitle("Notepad");
t.setVisible(true);
t.setSize(1280,786);
}
}

Answer 1

I Have changed your code little bit.
Instead of TextArea I have used JTextArea
and a JScrollPane to wrap the JTextArea
class Test3 extends JFrame {
private final JMenu Format;
private final JMenuItem Word;
private final JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea("", 0, 0);
public Test3() {
setLayout(new FlowLayout()); //Default layout
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane (textArea, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();
setJMenuBar(menubar);
this.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.getContentPane().add(scroll);
Format = new JMenu("Format");
Word = new JMenuItem("Word wrap");
Format.add(Word);
menubar.add(Format);
event1 e1 = new event1();
Word.addActionListener(e1);
}
public class event1 implements ActionListener {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Test3 t = new Test3();
t.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
t.setTitle("Notepad");
t.setVisible(true);
t.setSize(1280, 786);
}
}

Answer 2

Instead of using TextArea use JTextArea.
class test2{
private final JMenu Format;
private final JMenuItem Word;
private final JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea("", 0,0,TextArea.SCROLLBARS_VERTICAL_ONLY);
test2(){
setLayout (new FlowLayout()); //Default layout
JMenuBar menubar=new JMenuBar();
setJMenuBar(menubar);
this.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.getContentPane().add(textArea);
format=new JMenu("Format");
Word=new JMenuItem("Word wrap");
format.add(Word);
menubar.add(format);
event1 e1 =new event1 ();
Word.addActionListener(e18);
}
public class event18 implements ActionListener{
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
}
}
public static void main(String []args){
Test2 t=new Test2();
t.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
t.setTitle("Notepad");
t.setVisible(true);
t.setSize(1280,786);
}
}