Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextField; import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet; import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException; import javax.swing.text.PlainDocument; class NonNumericDocument extends PlainDocument { @Override public void insertString(int offs, String str, AttributeSet a) throws BadLocationException { if (str == null) { return; } char[] arr = str.toCharArray(); for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { if (Character.isDigit(arr[i]) || !Character.isLetter(arr[i])) { return; } } super.insertString(offs, new String(str), a); } } public class Main extends JFrame { JTextField tf; public void prepareAndShowGUI() { tf = new JTextField(30); tf.setDocument(new NonNumericDocument()); getContentPane().add(tf, BorderLayout.NORTH); setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); pack(); setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { Main tFrame = new Main(); tFrame.prepareAndShowGUI(); } }