Generated Object
A javax.swing.JTextField is returned, unless the user passes in a subclass of JTextField as the value argument, in which case the value argument is returned.
Value Argument
The value argument can be either a JTextField, or a String. If the value argument is a string it is treated as though it were passed in as the text attribute.
Attributes
See also: JComponent
Declared in JTextField
- action <Action> the Action instance connected with this ActionEvent source
- columns <int> the number of columns preferred for display
- horizontalAlignment <int> Set the field alignment to LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT, LEADING (the default) or TRAILING
- scrollOffset <int> scrollOffset
Declared in javax.swing.text.JTextComponent
- caret <javax.swing.text.Caret> the caret used to select/navigate
- caretColor <Color> the color used to render the caret
- caretPosition <int> the caret position
- disabledTextColor <Color> color used to render disabled text
- document <javax.swing.text.Document> the text document model
- editable <boolean> specifies if the text can be edited
- focusAccelerator <char> accelerator character used to grab focus
- highlighter <javax.swing.text.Highlighter> object responsible for background highlights
- margin <Insets> desired space between the border and text area
- selectedText <String> selectedText
- selectedTextColor <Color> color used to render selected text
- selectionColor <Color> color used to render selection background
- selectionEnd <int> ending location of the selection.
- selectionStart <int> starting location of the selection.
- text <String> the text of this component
Content
No child content is accepted in a textField.
Usage
The action connected to the textField is usually fired when the 'Enter' key is pressed by the user when the textField has keyboard focus.
Observable Attributes
- text - via syntetic observation
- caret
- caretColor
- disabledTextColor
- document
- dragEnabled
- editable
- focusAccelerator
- highlighter
- keymap
- margin
- selectedTextColor
- selectionColor