Java Program to paste clipboard text to JTextArea

To paste clopboard text to JTextArea, use tha paste () method. Let’s say the following is our text area −

JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea("");

Now, paste the clipboard text −

textArea.paste();

Note − Let’s say our clipboard text is “This is clipboard text that got inserted in the text area”.

The following is an example to paste clipboard text to JTextArea −

Example

package my;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
public class SwingDemo {
   SwingDemo() {
      JFrame frame = new JFrame("Demo");
      JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea("");
      Container c = frame.getContentPane();
      c.setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 2));
      c.add(textArea);
      // paste clipboard text
      textArea.paste();
      frame.add(textArea);
      frame.setSize(550,300);
      frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 2));
      frame.setVisible(true);
   }
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      new SwingDemo ();
   }
}

Output