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1. Java Nimbus LAF with transparent text fields    stackoverflow.com

I have an application that uses disabled JTextFields in several places which are intended to be transparent - allowing the background to show through instead of the text field's normal background. When ...

2. Linking a variable and a text box in Java    stackoverflow.com

How can I link a variable and a text box in the simplest possible way? I.e. If the user changes the text box contents the variable changes and if the program changes ...

3. Help on writing your own javax.swing.text.Document    stackoverflow.com

I'm writing a Java TextComponent where the underlying document has some structure. It is very short, basically one line. I need to be able to override the response to inserting or ...

4. Text is not fully shown in JTextField    stackoverflow.com

They say a single image is worth 1000 words: alt text I'll just note that the size is set to default. (build in NetBeans) any idea how do I fix this? Adam.

5. Example text in JTextField    stackoverflow.com

I am looking for a way to put example text into a swing JTextField and have it grayed out. The example text should then disappear as soon as any thing is ...

6. Swing - Search text within a JTextField    stackoverflow.com

I have a documents that's displayed in a non-editable JTextField , and I want to enable users to search within this document. I already figured out I could use a custom ...

7. adding read-only text fields (subtotal/tax to a java program)    stackoverflow.com

hi I have the following code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;

public class ShoppingCartSytem extends JFrame
{
    private final String BOOK_DATA_FILENAME = "bookData.txt";
    private final ...

8. Java TextField question    stackoverflow.com

I am trying to build a custom text field class that accepts lengths (the span of aircraft wings, for example). I can set default unit system such as "inches", "feet", ...

9. How to put JTextField a random text?    stackoverflow.com

I want to show the shuffle word inside the Textfield. so far this is my random code:

    public MyTextTwist(String w){
        if (w ...





10. how to strikethrough text in a JTextField?    stackoverflow.com

I have JTextField to display a file name. I would like to strikethrough the text if the file is not valid. How can do this? I tried the html but no ...

11. Java JTextfield fixed text that allows text appended at the beginning of the text    stackoverflow.com

I was wondering how you would have fixed text in a JTextfield that isn't editable and allows text to be appended at the beginning of the textfield text. JTextfield (email) contains @domain.com ...

12. How to test changed text in a JTextField?    forums.netbeans.org

Hi again all, I have another question now: I am using Netbeans with a Java Desktop Application. I want to perform an action after a JTextField component's text has been edited, ...

13. How to set Text to jTextField from another class    forums.netbeans.org

(Please Help me, I need the solution very urgent. I tried to find solution from lot of forums.) I have two classes. One is DataOutput class which contains two jTextField and ...

14. Text in textfields not showing up immediately    coderanch.com

Hi, I have several textfields in which I want to set the text. I then I need to do some animation. My problem is that the text doesn't show up in the textfields until the animation has completed. Here is a simplified version of my code: t1.setText("blah"); t2.setText("blah"); t3.setText("blah"); drawAnimation(); ******************************* drawAnimation () { .... for (int i = 0; i ...

15. How do i Underline text in a JTextfield    coderanch.com

16. JTextField's text property not being set?    coderanch.com

Hi Joe, Thanks for your advice. Don't know why this would happen...my NumericOnly Utility class that I attached to my JTextField's document property was causing the problem? Here is the code to my document class... //Start import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.text.*; import java.awt.Toolkit; /** * Stolen directly from Suns' generaltext.html * Swing tutorial page. * * @author Someone at Sun */ public ...





17. Limiting text in a JTextField    coderanch.com

19. Showing Beginning of Text in JTextField by Default    coderanch.com

I have several JTextFields of a set size that I fill with text read from a database. Some of that data is larger than the JTextFields and thus requires the user to "scroll" sideways to view all of the data. However, when data is read this way, the default view shows the last part of the text instead of the first ...

20. how to set text in a text field..    coderanch.com

yes that was not a null value. the problem was i have no initialization in DemoSw method. So when ever create new object of the DemoSw it was taking new context to set the value of the Text Field which has not yet intialized and was only declared. It will initialize only when the startMethod is excuted. and the same method ...

21. How to add text fields    coderanch.com

22. Problem with Text Fields    coderanch.com

24. JTextField text reload problem    coderanch.com

By "load" I mean the text inside the text field not the component per se. See screenshot. The top shows the first time I open the dialog box and type "999" into it. Then I click cancel or book button. The bottom shows the identical dialog but the "999" is already there. I want the text to disappear so that my ...

25. Compare Two Text fields in Swing    coderanch.com

Hey, I m new in swing first time working on swing, i want to make a simple application for accounting, and my problem is that i checked Debit and Credit entries.........means one time user enter debit or credit..........i have no idea which action i use for this And how to compare it which field is filled and which is empty?. please ...

26. make text areas and textfields streach as window resizes    coderanch.com

im using the grid layout manager right now i think i could do it with the label in BorderLayout.EAST and the field in BorderLayout.CENTER, but i have a huge list of labels and fields, and something about creating a new panel for each one just doesn't seem right, thats a lot of copying and pasting for something that should require much ...

27. Printing text from JTextField in java    coderanch.com

28. Problem With Text Fields!    java-forums.org

I know that there a a few problems with this program, but the problem I want to fix first is that when I run this app, my text fields are not displayed. Instead, a very VERY small text field (less than 1 column) is displayed and I cannot type anything in. What am I doing wrong? Java Code: import java.awt.*; import ...

29. Append text inputed in the textfield into a TextArea    java-forums.org

I'm writing this Car Dealer program that lets a user purchase and browse through cars. while testing my program i found that when you attempt to purchase a car (which is supposed append text inputed in the textfield into a TextArea), you get a NullPointerException error I spent maybe about 2 and a half hours trying to figure out what's wrong ...

30. disapling text fields    java-forums.org

31. Activating Text Fields    java-forums.org

Ok guys, I have a quick question, I have a JFrame with two textfields and 3 button groups. They all have action listeners, but the only way to activate these is by pressing enter on the text fields. How do I activate other actionListnerers (from inner classes) by clicking on the apply button (which activates it's own actionListener)?

33. Reaplacing text in JTextField    java-forums.org

I'm making a registration form, and I've made an account with an username like this: 435345"), and when I've tried to login it just didn't log me in. Uhh its hard to explain... For example my username was : phq. I have made a new account : 23423") When I try to login on to phq it just doesn't do it. ...

34. Getting text from JTextFields located inside a panel    java-forums.org

public class Cell private JTextField textfield[]; private JLabel labels[]; private JLabel Title; ... public JPanel createGUI (int cell_length){ JPanel panel = new JPanel(); textfield = new JTextField [cell_length]; labels = new JLabel [cell_length]; Title = new JLabel (this.getCellName()); panel.add(Title); for (int i = 0; i < textfield.length; i++){ textfield[i] = new JTextField(15); labels[i] = new JLabel("Word "+(i+1)+":"); panel.add(labels[i]); panel.add(textfield[i]); } return ...

35. Remember the text in JTextField    java-forums.org

36. Comparison of text from JTextField    forums.oracle.com

Hey im currently trying to implement something similar to what is below import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.*; import java.lang.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; public class quiz extends JFrame implements ActionListener { private final JTextField tf1 = new JTextField(20); private final JTextField tf2 = new JTextField(20); private final JTextField rf = new JTextField(20); public quiz() { setTitle("Quiz"); ...

37. appending text to JTextfield    forums.oracle.com

38. How to add text to JTextField in a continuous way,,,,    forums.oracle.com

Hi evryone.. I'm in construction of a code to form a calculator...for that i need to add some text to the textfield by clickin on buttons...As i press first button it's easy to get that text in field...but while i press second ..the previous getting disappeard....i wan't the text to append to the existing text as i press Button by button....... ...

40. set JTextField text in another class    forums.oracle.com

I would put a public method in your GameTimer class that accepts a String and calls your JTextField's setText(string) method. You can then call this method through an instance of the GameTimer class. Also, are multiple objects setting this timer? Do you have to worry about concurrency issues here? If this advice doesn't help, then your best bet here is to ...