In this example we are going to see how to create a new JTextField component in a Java Desktop Application. Text fields in general are one of the most common ways for you application to get user input. Using text fields you give the user the ability to provide text input to your app.
It’s very easy to create a new JTextField as all you have to do is:
- Create a class that extends
JFrame. - Create a new
JTextField. - Use
setTextto write some text to the text field. - Use
new JTextField("Some text")to initialize the text field with some text. - Use
new JTextField(10)to set the default columns of the text field. - Use
new JTextField("some text", 3)to specify the above properties at once. - Use
addto add the text fields to the frame.
Let’s take a look at the code:
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.desktop;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class CreateNewJTextField extends JFrame {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public CreateNewJTextField() {
// set flow layout for the frame
this.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
// create empty JTextField
JTextField field1 = new JTextField();
field1.setText("Java Code Geeks");
// create JTextField with default text
JTextField field2 = new JTextField("Java Code Geeks");
// create JTextField with specified number of columns
JTextField field3 = new JTextField(10);
// create JTextField with default text and columns
JTextField field4 = new JTextField("Java Code Geeks", 10);
// add textfields to frame
add(field1);
add(field2);
add(field3);
add(field4);
}
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new CreateNewJTextField();
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}
This was an example on how to create a new JTextField in a Java Desktop Application.
