Java tutorial
import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.text.ParseException; import javax.swing.BoxLayout; import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.text.MaskFormatter; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Mask Input"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JLabel label; JFormattedTextField input; JPanel panel; MaskFormatter formatter; try { label = new JLabel("US Phone"); formatter = new MaskFormatter("'(###')' ###'-####"); formatter.setPlaceholderCharacter('*'); input = new JFormattedTextField(formatter); input.setColumns(20); panel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT)); panel.add(label); panel.add(input); frame.add(panel); } catch (ParseException e) { System.err.println("Unable to add Phone"); } frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } }