Java Utililty Methods JTextField

List of utility methods to do JTextField

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Method

booleanaddHighlight(JTextField label, MouseEvent mouseEvent1, MouseEvent mouseEvent2)
Highlight the given label from the first mouse event to the second Returns true if the highlight was successful, false otherwise. 
FontMetrics fm = label.getFontMetrics(label.getFont());
int firstXpos = mouseEvent1.getX();
int lastXpos = mouseEvent2.getX();
int firstOffset = getCharOffset(fm, label.getText(), firstXpos);
int lastOffset = getCharOffset(fm, label.getText(), lastXpos);
if (lastOffset != firstOffset) {
    if (firstOffset > lastOffset) {
        int tmp = firstOffset;
...
voidaddInputValidator(final DocumentListener inputValidator, final JTextField... textFields)
Adds input validator to text fields. 
for (final JTextField textField : textFields) {
    textField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(inputValidator);
voidaddLabelTextRows(JLabel[] labels, JTextField[] textFields, GridBagLayout gridbag, Container container)
add Label Text Rows 
GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
c.insets = new Insets(2, 2, 2, 2);
int numLabels = labels.length;
for (int i = 0; i < numLabels; i++) {
    c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
    c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE; 
    c.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE; 
...
voidaddPlaceHolder(final JTextField field, final String placeHolderText)
add Place Holder 
field.addFocusListener(new FocusListener() {
    private Color fontColor = field.getForeground();
    public void focusGained(FocusEvent arg0) {
        if (field.getText().equals(placeHolderText)) {
            field.setText("");
        field.setForeground(fontColor);
    public void focusLost(FocusEvent arg0) {
        if (field.getText().trim().equals("")) {
            fontColor = field.getForeground();
            field.setForeground(Color.GRAY);
            field.setText(placeHolderText);
});
if (field.getText().trim().equals("")) {
    field.setText(placeHolderText);
    field.setForeground(Color.GRAY);
voidaddStyle(JTextField textField, String labelName)
add Style 
textField.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.RIGHT);
Border line = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
TitledBorder titled = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(line, labelName);
titled.setTitleFont(new Font("Verdana", 0, 13));
titled.setTitleColor(new Color(213, 225, 185));
Border empty = new EmptyBorder(5, 8, 5, 8);
CompoundBorder border = new CompoundBorder(titled, empty);
textField.setBorder(border);
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voidadjustTextToRight(JTextField textField)
Metodo que quita los espacios que estan solo al final del texto en el jTextField entregado 
String text = textField.getText();
String newText = "";
boolean segmentWithoutLetters = false;
for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
    if (text.substring(i, text.length()).trim().isEmpty())
        segmentWithoutLetters = !segmentWithoutLetters;
    if (!segmentWithoutLetters)
        newText += text.charAt(i);
...
voidapplyDefaultProperties(final JTextField comp)
Sets default background and foreground color as well as a default font for the specified component. 
if (comp == null) {
    return;
applyProperties(comp, "TextField.background", 
        "TextField.foreground", 
        "TextField.font");
booleanAreAllTextFieldsFilled(javax.swing.JTextField[] tfs)
Are All Text Fields Filled 
for (int i = 0; i < tfs.length; i++) {
    if (IsTextFieldEmpty(tfs[i]))
        return false;
return true;
voidbadField(JTextField field)
Beeps to report the error, moves focus to specified field and selects all its content. 
field.getToolkit().beep();
field.selectAll();
field.requestFocus();
voidbindPropertyChangeListener(final JTextField field, final String name, final PropertyChangeListener listener)
bind Property Change Listener 
bindPropertyChangeListener(field, name, listener, null);