Static text

Basic text line

A single line of text at default spacing. The text size is determined by the size of the component.

Basic text box

A box of text without scrolling. Text size can be adjusted. Word wrap is done automatically although carriage-returns can force new lines. Imported text will have linefeeds and carriage-returns stripped out before display. Display in the applet is done by similar word wrap and exact replication of the original display can't be guaranteed although testing with Netscape and IE so far has revealed no differences.

Elastic text line

The text is stretched (or compressed) to fill the available display area.

Scrolled text area

This is a standard Java text area component with no line wrap. Imported text is displayed as is with no modification.