Limit JTextField input to a maximum length in Java
Description
The following code shows how to limit JTextField input to a maximum length.
Example
/*from ww w .java2 s .c o m*/
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.PlainDocument;
class JTextFieldLimit extends PlainDocument {
private int limit;
JTextFieldLimit(int limit) {
super();
this.limit = limit;
}
JTextFieldLimit(int limit, boolean upper) {
super();
this.limit = limit;
}
public void insertString(int offset, String str, AttributeSet attr) throws BadLocationException {
if (str == null)
return;
if ((getLength() + str.length()) <= limit) {
super.insertString(offset, str, attr);
}
}
}
public class Main extends JFrame {
JTextField textfield1;
JLabel label1;
public void init() {
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
label1 = new JLabel("max 10 chars");
textfield1 = new JTextField(15);
add(label1);
add(textfield1);
textfield1.setDocument(new JTextFieldLimit(10));
setSize(300,300);
setVisible(true);
}
}
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