Java Utililty Methods JTextField

List of utility methods to do JTextField

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Method

voidbrowseFileForField(JTextField textField, JFileChooser fileChooser, Component parent)
Uses the fileChooser to browse a (not further filtered) file and put the path to the file in the given JTextField . 
fileChooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(false);
int returnVal = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(parent);
if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
    File file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
    textField.setText(file.getAbsolutePath());
voidcheckJTextFieldNotEmpty(javax.swing.JTextField field, javax.swing.JLabel promptName, ArrayList errors)
check J Text Field Not Empty 
if (!isJTextFieldNotEmpty(field))
    errors.add(promptName.getText());
voidcleanTextFields(JTextField... textFields)
clean Text Fields 
for (JTextField textField : textFields)
    textField.setText(null);
JButtoncreateBrowseButton(final JTextField txtInput, final Window parent, final boolean directoryBrowser)
create Browse Button 
JButton btnChooser = new JButton();
btnChooser.setText("...");
btnChooser.setToolTipText("Browse for the " + (directoryBrowser ? "directory" : "file"));
btnChooser.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
        fileChooser.setFileSelectionMode(
...
JPanelcreateFieldWithLabel(String label, JTextField textField)
create Field With Label 
JPanel p = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
textField.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(500, 50));
p.add(new JLabel(label), BorderLayout.WEST);
p.add(textField, BorderLayout.CENTER);
return p;
JPanelcreateOutputPanel(JLabel outputFileNameLabel, JButton chooseOutputFileButton, JTextField outputFileTextField, String borderTitle)
create Output Panel 
JPanel pickerPanel = new JPanel();
outputFileNameLabel = new JLabel();
chooseOutputFileButton.setText("Choose");
Border border = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(borderTitle);
outputFileTextField.setText("A file name");
pickerPanel.setBorder(border);
pickerPanel.add(chooseOutputFileButton);
pickerPanel.add(outputFileNameLabel);
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voiddateCompleteOnlyFormat(JTextField pJTextField, KeyEvent e)
date Complete Only Format 
char keyChar = e.getKeyChar();
if (Character.isDigit(keyChar)) {
    if ((pJTextField.getText().trim().length() == 2) || (pJTextField.getText().trim().length() == 5))
        pJTextField.setText(pJTextField.getText().trim() + "/");
voiddoAction(JTextField textField)
Programmatically perform action on textfield.This does the same thing as if the user had pressed enter key in textfield. 
String command = null;
if (textField.getAction() != null)
    command = (String) textField.getAction().getValue(Action.ACTION_COMMAND_KEY);
ActionEvent event = null;
for (ActionListener listener : textField.getActionListeners()) {
    if (event == null)
        event = new ActionEvent(textField, ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, command,
                System.currentTimeMillis(), 0);
...
voidfieldSetErrorVisual(final JTextField field)
field Set Error Visual 
field.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.RED));
field.setBackground(Color.PINK);
voidimplyDisabled(final JCheckBox checked, final boolean checkedState, final JTextField changed)
Checks state of the checked checkbox and if state is checkedState than to disable changed text field and clean it. 
ActionListener l = new ActionListener() {
    String previousState;
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if (checked.isSelected() == checkedState) {
            if (previousState == null) {
                previousState = changed.getText();
            changed.setEnabled(false);
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