>> Why vertical alignment in TextArea is less likely to be implemented? >> Is it harder to be implemented than the horizontal one or some other >> reason? > > There is not as much of a use case for vertical alignment in TextArea. Think > about a typical word processor - it supports horizontal alignment, but not > vertical, because text is laid out from right to left and is expected to > scroll vertically.
I can't agree with this statement. Almost all chat and IM (Instant Messaging) applications use vertical text alignment. This is always naturally enough to find a new text near the text input it was typed in and not somewhere else.
