JTextField




The JTextField class allows you to display a field for a user to input text. You must add an import statement:
import javax.swing.JTextField;
JTextField is a component or widget. You add components to a container, like a JPanel.

Examples:


JTextField myTextField = new JTextField(25);

JTextField myTextField = new JTextField("last, first",25);

String myText = myTextField.getText();

Other Common Methods:

myTextField.setText("some text");
myTextField.setEditable(true);
myTextField.setFont(font);
myTextField.setFont(new Font("Courier", Font.PLAIN, 32));




  • JTextField Example