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JTextPane wrap long words

For some reason JTextPane only warp text if there are spaces between words, consider the following example: package textpane; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextPane; public class TextPaneLongLine { public static void main(String[] args) { final JFrame frame = new JFrame("TextPane"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setSize(200, 200); JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane(); JScrollPane scollPane = new JScrollPane(textPane); scollPane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(javax.swing.ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER); frame.add(scollPane); frame.setVisible(true); } } As you can see, if a long line without spaces is typed it will go of the view area. But if the line have spaces JTextPane will automatic split the line to fit the view area. Replacing the JTextPane with JEditorPane will work as