Java tutorial
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import javax.swing.AbstractAction; import javax.swing.Action; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextField; import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent; import javax.swing.text.NavigationFilter; import javax.swing.text.Position; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { JTextField textField = new JTextField("Prefix_", 20); textField.setNavigationFilter(new NavigationFilterPrefixWithBackspace(7, textField)); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.getContentPane().add(textField); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } } class NavigationFilterPrefixWithBackspace extends NavigationFilter { private int prefixLength; private Action deletePrevious; public NavigationFilterPrefixWithBackspace(int prefixLength, JTextComponent component) { this.prefixLength = prefixLength; deletePrevious = component.getActionMap().get("delete-previous"); component.getActionMap().put("delete-previous", new BackspaceAction()); component.setCaretPosition(prefixLength); } @Override public void setDot(NavigationFilter.FilterBypass fb, int dot, Position.Bias bias) { fb.setDot(Math.max(dot, prefixLength), bias); } @Override public void moveDot(NavigationFilter.FilterBypass fb, int dot, Position.Bias bias) { fb.moveDot(Math.max(dot, prefixLength), bias); } class BackspaceAction extends AbstractAction { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { JTextComponent component = (JTextComponent) e.getSource(); if (component.getCaretPosition() > prefixLength) { deletePrevious.actionPerformed(null); } } } }