How to make password invisible in Swing text field?

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Can I make this password field hidden in Java Swing JTextField?

I want to set the password always to welcome as shown in below code but in hidden field. Is there an option by which I can achieve this in Java Swing?

jTextField_password.setBounds(new Rectangle(245, 25, 100, 25));
jTextField_password.setText("welcome");

`..setBounds(new Rectangle(245, 25, 100, 25));` Java GUIs might have to work on a number of platforms, on different screen resolutions & using different PLAFs. As such they are not conducive to exact placement of components. To organize the components for a robust GUI, instead use layout managers, or [combinations of them](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5630271/418556), along with layout padding & borders for [white space](http://stackoverflow.com/q/17874717/418556). In this case, the size of a text field can also be changed by changing the number of columns displayed, or changing the font. — Andrew Thompson, May 28 '14 at 09:44

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '14 at 09:33

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You should use JPasswordField. it's a subclass of JTextField that make text invisible.

answered May 28 '14 at 09:33

Mifmif

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 28 '14 at 09:39

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You can use JPasswordField. It's perfect for your case. It's also much safer than a normal Textfield, because the String will be stored as a char array, which isn't in the normal String pool.

edited May 28 '14 at 09:39

Sean Mickey

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answered May 28 '14 at 09:34

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How to make password invisible in Swing text field?

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