/** Creates the error area component. */ private void initErrorArea() { SimpleAttributeSet attribs = new SimpleAttributeSet(); StyleConstants.setAlignment(attribs, StyleConstants.ALIGN_RIGHT); StyleConstants.setFontFamily(attribs, errorPane.getFont().getFamily()); StyleConstants.setForeground(attribs, Color.RED); errorPane.setParagraphAttributes(attribs, true); errorPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100, 50)); errorPane.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(100, 50)); errorPane.setOpaque(false); }