How to Clear JTextArea by Clicking JButton

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to clear the JTextArea by clicking JButton in Java Swing. JTextArea is part of java Swing package. It represents an area on several lines that displays text. It is used to edit text. JTextArea inherits from JComponent class.

 

Java Program to Clear JTextArea by Clicking JButton:

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

public class ClearJTextArea extends JFrame
{    
  public ClearJTextArea()
  {
    super("Clear the contents of a JTextArea");
    JButton clearButton = new JButton("Clear");
    clearButton.setBounds(150,310,100,40);
    JTextArea text = new JTextArea();
    text.setBounds(10,10,365,290);
    add(clearButton);
    add(text);
    
    // This code is called when the Clear button is clicked.
    clearButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
       @Override
       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
           text.setText("");
       }
    });
    
    setLayout(null);
    setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    setSize(400,400);
    setVisible(true);
    setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  }
    
  public static void main(String[] args){
    new ClearJTextArea();
  }
}

Output:

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