Set JTextField selection color

Complete source code below will show you how to set JTextField selection color.

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import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.*;

public class SetJTextFieldSelectionColor
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 JTextField jtf=new JTextField("Select this text");

 //Color that will use as JTextField's selection color
 //It is base on RGB value
 //Red=255
 //Green=0
 //Blue=0
 //You can use color picker at above to get RGB value
 Color selectionColor=new Color(255,0,0);

 //Set JTextField selection color
 jtf.setSelectionColor(selectionColor);

 JFrame myWindow=new JFrame("Set JTextField selection color");

 myWindow.add(jtf);
 myWindow.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 myWindow.setSize(400,50);
 myWindow.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
 myWindow.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Set JTextField caret color

Complete source code below will show you, how to set JTextField caret color.

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : SetJTextFieldCaretColor.java
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import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.*;

public class SetJTextFieldCaretColor
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 JTextField jtf=new JTextField(20);
 jtf.setFont(new Font("Verdana",Font.BOLD,34));

 JFrame myFrame=new JFrame("Set JTextField caret color");

 //Set caret color base on RGB value
 //R=255
 //G=0
 //B=0
 //You can get RGB value from color picker at above
 jtf.setCaretColor(new Color(255,0,0));

 myFrame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 myFrame.add(jtf);
 myFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 myFrame.pack();
 myFrame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
 myFrame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Java : Transparent JTextField

Complete source code below, will show you how to create a transparent text field in Java.

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : TransparentJTextField.java
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import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.*;

public class TransparentJTextField
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
JFrame myFrame=new JFrame("Transparent JTextField");

JTextField test=new JTextField(10);

//MAKE JTextField TRANSPARENT
test.setOpaque(false);

myFrame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
myFrame.add(test);
myFrame.setSize(400,100);
myFrame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
myFrame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Set JTextField background image

Complete source code below will show you, how to set image background in a JTextField. You can download image (textFieldBackgroundImage.jpg) that use in source code at below.

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : SetJTextFieldBackgroundImage.java
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import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.*;

public class SetJTextFieldBackgroundImage extends JTextField
{
public SetJTextFieldBackgroundImage()
{
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Set JTextField background image");
 frame.add(this);
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 frame.setSize(300,65);
 frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
 frame.setResizable(false);
 frame.setVisible(true);
}

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
 setOpaque(false);

 //Image that will be set as JTextField background
 //I suggest, image that will be use is blur...
 //If image is locate at other location, you must put it's full location address.
 //For example : C:\\Documents and Settings\\evergreen\\Desktop\\textFieldBackgroundImage.jpg
 ImageIcon ii=new ImageIcon("textFieldBackgroundImage.jpg");
 Image i=ii.getImage();
 g.drawImage(i,0,0,this);
 super.paint(g);
}

public static void main(String[]args)
{
 SetJTextFieldBackgroundImage sjtfbi=new SetJTextFieldBackgroundImage();
}
}

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Clear JTextField text

Complete source code below will show you, how to clear text in JTextField.

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : ClearJTextFieldText.java
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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import java.awt.GridLayout;

public class ClearJTextFieldText implements ActionListener
{
//Create text field with initial text ( PUT YOUR TEXT HERE )
JTextField textField=new JTextField("PUT YOUR TEXT HERE");

//Create button with text ( Click here to clear text )
JButton button=new JButton("Click here to clear text");

//Create layout that will be use by JFrame
GridLayout gl=new GridLayout(2,1);

//Create window using JFrame with title ( Clear JTextField text )
JFrame frame=new JFrame("Clear JTextField text");

//Constructor
public ClearJTextFieldText()
{
 button.addActionListener(this);

 frame.setLayout(gl);
 frame.add(textField);
 frame.add(button);

 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 frame.setSize(400,130);
 frame.setVisible(true);
}

//override actionPerformed method
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
 //Action that will perform when someone click the button
 if(event.getSource()==button)
 {
  //Clear text in JTextField
  textField.setText("");
 }
}

//Main method
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 ClearJTextFieldText cjtft=new ClearJTextFieldText();
}
}

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Set JTextField text center

Source code below will show you, how to make text in JTextField start at center.

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : SetJTextFieldTextToCenter.java
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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import javax.swing.SwingConstants;

public class SetJTextFieldTextToCenter
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 JTextField textField=new JTextField(10);

 //Make text in JTextField start at center
 textField.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);

 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Set JTextField text to center");
 frame.add(textField);
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 frame.setSize(400,65);
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Set JTextField text bold and italic

Source code below will show you, how to set JTextField text to bold and italic.

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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;

public class SetJTextFieldTextBoldAndItalic
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 //Create text field using JTextField
 JTextField textField=new JTextField(20);

 //Create font.
 //Font Name : Default text field font
 //Font Style : Bold And Italic
 //Font Size : Default text field font size
 Font newTextFieldFont=new Font(textField.getFont().getName(),Font.ITALIC+Font.BOLD,textField.getFont().getSize());

 //Set JTextField font using new created font
 textField.setFont(newTextFieldFont);

 //Create a window using JFrame with title ( Set JTextField text bold and italic )
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Set JTextField text bold and italic");

 //Set JFrame layout to FlowLayout
 frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

 //Add created text field into JFrame
 frame.add(textField);

 //Set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set JFrame size
 frame.setSize(400,100);

 //Make JFrame visible
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Set JTextField text italic

Source code below will show you, how to set JTextField text to italic.

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : SetJTextFieldTextItalic.java
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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;

public class SetJTextFieldTextItalic
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 //Create text field using JTextField
 JTextField textField=new JTextField(20);

 //Create font.
 //Font Name : Default text field font
 //Font Style : Italic
 //Font Size : Default text field font size
 Font newTextFieldFont=new Font(textField.getFont().getName(),Font.ITALIC,textField.getFont().getSize());

 //Set JTextField font using new created font
 textField.setFont(newTextFieldFont);

 //Create a window using JFrame with title ( Set JTextField text italic )
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Set JTextField text italic");

 //Set JFrame layout to FlowLayout
 frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

 //Add created text field into JFrame
 frame.add(textField);

 //Set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set JFrame size
 frame.setSize(400,100);

 //Make JFrame visible
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Set JTextField text bold

Source code below will show you, how to set JTextField text to bold.

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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;

public class SetJTextFieldTextBold
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 //Create text field using JTextField
 JTextField textField=new JTextField(20);

 //Create font.
 //Font Name : Default text field font
 //Font Style : Bold
 //Font Size : Default text field font size
 Font newTextFieldFont=new Font(textField.getFont().getName(),Font.BOLD,textField.getFont().getSize());

 //Set JTextField font using new created font
 textField.setFont(newTextFieldFont);

 //Create a window using JFrame with title ( Set JTextField text bold )
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Set JTextField text bold");

 //Set JFrame layout to FlowLayout
 frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

 //Add created text field into JFrame
 frame.add(textField);

 //Set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set JFrame size
 frame.setSize(400,100);

 //Make JFrame visible
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Set JTextField text size

Source code below will show you, how to set JTextField text size.

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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;

public class SetJTextFieldTextSize
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 //Create text field using JTextField
 JTextField textField=new JTextField(20);

 //Create font.
 //Font Name : Default text field font
 //Font Style : Default text field font style
 //Font Size : 16
 Font newTextFieldFont=new Font(textField.getFont().getName(),textField.getFont().getStyle(),16);

 //Set JTextField font using new created font
 textField.setFont(newTextFieldFont);

 //Create a window using JFrame with title ( Set JTextField text size )
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Set JTextField text size");

 //Set JFrame layout to FlowLayout
 frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

 //Add created text field into JFrame
 frame.add(textField);

 //Set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set JFrame size
 frame.setSize(400,100);

 //Make JFrame visible
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Set JTextField text font

Source code below will show you, how to set JTextField text font.

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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;

public class SetJTextFieldTextFont
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 //Create text field using JTextField
 JTextField textField=new JTextField(20);

 //Create font.
 //Font Name : Tahoma
 //Font Style : Default text field font style
 //Font Size : Default text field font size
 Font newTextFieldFont=new Font("Tahoma",textField.getFont().getStyle(),textField.getFont().getSize());

 //Set JTextField font using new created font
 textField.setFont(newTextFieldFont);

 //Create a window using JFrame with title ( Set JTextField text font )
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Set JTextField text font");

 //Set JFrame layout to FlowLayout
 frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

 //Add created text field into JFrame
 frame.add(textField);

 //Set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set JFrame size
 frame.setSize(400,100);

 //Make JFrame visible
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Get JTextField text

Source code below will show you how to get text from JTextField.

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import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

import java.awt.GridLayout;

import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

public class GetJTextFieldText implements ActionListener
{
//Create button with text ( Click me to get JTextField contents )
JButton button=new JButton("Click me to get JTextField contents");

//Create JTextField
JTextField textField=new JTextField(10);

//Create a window with title ( Get JTextField text )
JFrame frame=new JFrame("Get JTextField text");

public GetJTextFieldText()
{
 //Add action listener to button
 button.addActionListener(this);

 //Set JFrame layout to GridLayout
 frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,1));

 //Add created text field into JFrame
 frame.add(textField);

 //Add created button into JFrame
 frame.add(button);

 //Set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set JFrame size
 frame.setSize(400,100);

 //Make JFrame visible
 frame.setVisible(true);
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
 if(event.getSource()==button)
 {
  //Method getText will get text from text field
  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame,"JTextField text is : "+textField.getText());
 }
}

public static void main(String[]args)
{
 GetJTextFieldText gjbt=new GetJTextFieldText();
}
}

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Set JTextField text color

Source code below will show you, how to set JTextField text color base on RGB. You can get RGB value for your color using "Color picker" at above.

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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;

public class SetJTextFieldTextColor
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 //Create text field using JTextField
 JTextField textField=new JTextField(10);

 //Create JFrame with title ( Set JTextField text color )
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Set JTextField text color");

 //Set JFrame layout to FlowLayout
 frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

 //Set color base on RGB
 //You can get RGB value for your color at "Color picker" at above
 //R=255
 //G=0
 //B=0
 Color color=new Color(255,0,0);

 //Set JTextField text color to color that you choose
 textField.setForeground(color);

 //Add JTextField into JFrame
 frame.add(textField);

 //Set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set JFrame size
 frame.setSize(500,300);

 //Make JFrame visible
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Set JTextField background color

Source code below will show you, how to set JTextField background color base on RGB. You can get RGB value for your color using "Color picker" at above.

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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;

public class SetJTextFieldBackgroundColor
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 //Create text field using JTextField
 JTextField textField=new JTextField(10);

 //Create JFrame with title ( Set JTextField background color )
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Set JTextField background color");

 //Set JFrame layout to FlowLayout
 frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

 //Set color base on RGB
 //You can get RGB value for your color at "Color picker" at above
 //R=255
 //G=0
 //B=0
 Color color=new Color(255,0,0);

 //Set JTextField background color to color that you choose
 textField.setBackground(color);

 //Add JTextField into JFrame
 frame.add(textField);

 //Set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set JFrame size
 frame.setSize(500,300);

 //Make JFrame visible
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Create text field using JTextField

Source code below will show you, how to create text field in java using JTextField class.

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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class CreateTextFieldUsingJTextField
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 //Create a text field with no initial text in it
 JTextField textField=new JTextField();

 //Create a JFrame that will be use to place created text field
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Create text field using JTextField");

 //add created JTextField into JFrame
 frame.add(textField);

 //set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //set JFrame size
 //WIDTH = 400 pixels
 //HEIGHT = 65 pixels
 frame.setSize(400,65);

 //make JFrame visible. So we can see it
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Add JTextField into JFrame

Source code below will show you how to add text field in JFrame. There are two example of text field. First is without initial text. Second is text field with initial text.

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import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.GridLayout;

public class AddJTextFieldIntoJFrame
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 //Create JTextField with no initial text
 JTextField textField1=new JTextField();

 //Create JTextField with initial text ( Put your text here )
 JTextField textField2=new JTextField("Put your text here");

 //Create a JFrame with title ( Put JTextField into JFrame )
 JFrame frame=new JFrame("Put JTextField into JFrame");

 //Set layout for JFrame
 frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,1,1,3));

 //Add first JTextField into JFrame
 frame.add(textField1);

 //Add second JTextField into JFrame
 frame.add(textField2);

 //Set close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set size for JFrame
 frame.setSize(500,100);

 //Make JFrame visible. So we can see it.
 frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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