java swing JTextField set PlaceHolder
JTextField searchText;
...
In constructor:
searchText = new JTextField("Search");
searchText.setForeground(Color.GRAY);
searchText.addFocusListener(new FocusListener() {
@Override
public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
if (searchText.getText().equals("Search")) {
searchText.setText("");
searchText.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
}
}
@Override
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
if (searchText.getText().isEmpty()) {
searchText.setForeground(Color.GRAY);
searchText.setText("Search");
}
}
});
Try this class:
package playground;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.Document;
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class PlaceholderTextField extends JTextField {
public static void main(final String[] args) {
final PlaceholderTextField tf = new PlaceholderTextField("");
tf.setColumns(20);
tf.setPlaceholder("All your base are belong to us!");
final Font f = tf.getFont();
tf.setFont(new Font(f.getName(), f.getStyle(), 30));
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, tf);
}
private String placeholder;
public PlaceholderTextField() {
}
public PlaceholderTextField(
final Document pDoc,
final String pText,
final int pColumns)
{
super(pDoc, pText, pColumns);
}
public PlaceholderTextField(final int pColumns) {
super(pColumns);
}
public PlaceholderTextField(final String pText) {
super(pText);
}
public PlaceholderTextField(final String pText, final int pColumns) {
super(pText, pColumns);
}
public String getPlaceholder() {
return placeholder;
}
@Override
protected void paintComponent(final Graphics pG) {
super.paintComponent(pG);
if (placeholder == null || placeholder.length() == 0 || getText().length() > 0) {
return;
}
final Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D) pG;
g.setRenderingHint(
RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g.setColor(getDisabledTextColor());
g.drawString(placeholder, getInsets().left, pG.getFontMetrics()
.getMaxAscent() + getInsets().top);
}
public void setPlaceholder(final String s) {
placeholder = s;
}
}