public class TextField extends TextComponent
A TextField object is a text component that allows for the editing of a single line of text.
For example, the following image depicts a frame with four text fields of varying widths. Two of these text fields display the predefined text "Hello".
Here is the code that produces these four text fields:
TextField tf1, tf2, tf3, tf4;
// a blank text field
tf1 = new TextField();
// blank field of 20 columns
tf2 = new TextField("", 20);
// predefined text displayed
tf3 = new TextField("Hello!");
// predefined text in 30 columns
tf4 = new TextField("Hello", 30); Every time the user types a key in the text field, one or more key events are sent to the text field. A KeyEvent may be one of three types: keyPressed, keyReleased, or keyTyped. The properties of a key event indicate which of these types it is, as well as additional information about the event, such as what modifiers are applied to the key event and the time at which the event occurred.
The key event is passed to every KeyListener or KeyAdapter object which registered to receive such events using the component's addKeyListener method. (KeyAdapter objects implement the KeyListener interface.)
It is also possible to fire an ActionEvent. If action events are enabled for the text field, they may be fired by pressing the Return key.
The TextField class's processEvent method examines the action event and passes it along to processActionEvent. The latter method redirects the event to any ActionListener objects that have registered to receive action events generated by this text field.
KeyEvent, KeyAdapter, KeyListener, ActionEvent, Component.addKeyListener(java.awt.event.KeyListener), processEvent(java.awt.AWTEvent), processActionEvent(java.awt.event.ActionEvent), addActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener), Serialized Form| Modifier and Type | Class and Description |
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TextField.AccessibleAWTTextField This class implements accessibility support for the |
TextComponent.AccessibleAWTTextComponent Component.AccessibleAWTComponent, Component.BaselineResizeBehavior, Component.BltBufferStrategy, Component.FlipBufferStrategy textListener accessibleContext, BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH public TextField()
throws HeadlessException Constructs a new text field.
HeadlessException - if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() returns true.GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()public TextField(String text)
throws HeadlessException Constructs a new text field initialized with the specified text.
text - the text to be displayed. If text is null, the empty string "" will be displayed.HeadlessException - if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() returns true.GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()public TextField(int columns)
throws HeadlessException Constructs a new empty text field with the specified number of columns. A column is an approximate average character width that is platform-dependent.
columns - the number of columns. If columns is less than 0, columns is set to 0.HeadlessException - if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() returns true.GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()public TextField(String text,
int columns)
throws HeadlessException Constructs a new text field initialized with the specified text to be displayed, and wide enough to hold the specified number of columns. A column is an approximate average character width that is platform-dependent.
text - the text to be displayed. If text is null, the empty string "" will be displayed.columns - the number of columns. If columns is less than 0, columns is set to 0.HeadlessException - if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() returns true.GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()public void addNotify()
Creates the TextField's peer. The peer allows us to modify the appearance of the TextField without changing its functionality.
addNotify in class TextComponent
TextComponent.removeNotify()public char getEchoChar()
Gets the character that is to be used for echoing.
An echo character is useful for text fields where user input should not be echoed to the screen, as in the case of a text field for entering a password. If echoChar = 0, user input is echoed to the screen unchanged.
A Java platform implementation may support only a limited, non-empty set of echo characters. This function returns the echo character originally requested via setEchoChar(). The echo character actually used by the TextField implementation might be different.
echoCharIsSet(), setEchoChar(char)
public void setEchoChar(char c)
Sets the echo character for this text field.
An echo character is useful for text fields where user input should not be echoed to the screen, as in the case of a text field for entering a password. Setting echoChar = 0 allows user input to be echoed to the screen again.
A Java platform implementation may support only a limited, non-empty set of echo characters. Attempts to set an unsupported echo character will cause the default echo character to be used instead. Subsequent calls to getEchoChar() will return the echo character originally requested. This might or might not be identical to the echo character actually used by the TextField implementation.
c - the echo character for this text field.echoCharIsSet(), getEchoChar()
@Deprecated public void setEchoCharacter(char c)
Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by setEchoChar(char).
public void setText(String t)
Sets the text that is presented by this text component to be the specified text.
setText in class TextComponent
t - the new text.TextComponent.getText()public boolean echoCharIsSet()
Indicates whether or not this text field has a character set for echoing.
An echo character is useful for text fields where user input should not be echoed to the screen, as in the case of a text field for entering a password.
true if this text field has a character set for echoing; false otherwise.setEchoChar(char), getEchoChar()
public int getColumns()
Gets the number of columns in this text field. A column is an approximate average character width that is platform-dependent.
setColumns(int)public void setColumns(int columns)
Sets the number of columns in this text field. A column is an approximate average character width that is platform-dependent.
columns - the number of columns.IllegalArgumentException - if the value supplied for columns is less than 0.getColumns()public Dimension getPreferredSize(int columns)
Gets the preferred size of this text field with the specified number of columns.
columns - the number of columns in this text field.@Deprecated public Dimension preferredSize(int columns)
Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getPreferredSize(int).
public Dimension getPreferredSize()
Gets the preferred size of this text field.
getPreferredSize in class Component
Component.getMinimumSize(), LayoutManager
@Deprecated public Dimension preferredSize()
Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getPreferredSize().
preferredSize in class Component
public Dimension getMinimumSize(int columns)
Gets the minimum dimensions for a text field with the specified number of columns.
columns - the number of columns in this text field.@Deprecated public Dimension minimumSize(int columns)
Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getMinimumSize(int).
public Dimension getMinimumSize()
Gets the minimum dimensions for this text field.
getMinimumSize in class Component
Component.getPreferredSize(), LayoutManager
@Deprecated public Dimension minimumSize()
Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getMinimumSize().
minimumSize in class Component
public void addActionListener(ActionListener l)
Adds the specified action listener to receive action events from this text field. If l is null, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.
Refer to AWT Threading Issues for details on AWT's threading model.
l - the action listener.removeActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener), getActionListeners(), ActionListener
public void removeActionListener(ActionListener l)
Removes the specified action listener so that it no longer receives action events from this text field. If l is null, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.
Refer to AWT Threading Issues for details on AWT's threading model.
l - the action listener.addActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener), getActionListeners(), ActionListener
public ActionListener[] getActionListeners()
Returns an array of all the action listeners registered on this textfield.
ActionListeners or an empty array if no action listeners are currently registeredaddActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener), removeActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener), ActionListener
public <T extends EventListener> T[] getListeners(Class<T> listenerType)
Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this TextField. FooListeners are registered using the addFooListener method.
You can specify the listenerType argument with a class literal, such as FooListener.class. For example, you can query a TextField t for its action listeners with the following code:
ActionListener[] als = (ActionListener[])(t.getListeners(ActionListener.class));If no such listeners exist, this method returns an empty array.
getListeners in class TextComponent
listenerType - the type of listeners requested; this parameter should specify an interface that descends from java.util.EventListener
FooListeners on this textfield, or an empty array if no such listeners have been addedClassCastException - if listenerType doesn't specify a class or interface that implements java.util.EventListener
getActionListeners()protected void processEvent(AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this text field. If the event is an instance of ActionEvent, it invokes the processActionEvent method. Otherwise, it invokes processEvent on the superclass.
Note that if the event parameter is null the behavior is unspecified and may result in an exception.
processEvent in class TextComponent
e - the eventActionEvent, processActionEvent(java.awt.event.ActionEvent)
protected void processActionEvent(ActionEvent e)
Processes action events occurring on this text field by dispatching them to any registered ActionListener objects.
This method is not called unless action events are enabled for this component. Action events are enabled when one of the following occurs:
ActionListener object is registered via addActionListener. enableEvents. Note that if the event parameter is null the behavior is unspecified and may result in an exception.
e - the action eventActionListener, addActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener), Component.enableEvents(long)
protected String paramString()
Returns a string representing the state of this TextField. This method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the content and format of the returned string may vary between implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not be null.
paramString in class TextComponent
public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext()
Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this TextField. For text fields, the AccessibleContext takes the form of an AccessibleAWTTextField. A new AccessibleAWTTextField instance is created if necessary.
getAccessibleContext in interface Accessible
getAccessibleContext in class TextComponent
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