set hidden text into JTextfield in java

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I'm trying to create one search toolbar that appears inside the letters hidden stick. when I press the hidden letters that when the bar disappears and there's no hiding the letters that appear. I've tried to capture events keyPressed entering the search bar, but I do not really feel comfortable with that way. if anyone has a better way, I hope everyone helps do.cam Thanks!

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Look here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10506789/how-to-display-faint-gray-ghost-text-in-a-jtextfield — m.cekiera, Jul 16 '15 at 16:39

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 16 '15 at 21:59

Check out the Text Prompt.

You can control when the prompt disappears. You can also control the color and style of prompt.

The Text Prompt uses a DocumentListener and a FocusListener to determine when the prompt should be displayed.

You can use the default settings with a single line of code:

JTextField textField = new JTextField(10);
TextPrompt tp7 = new TextPrompt("First Name", textField);

set hidden text into JTextfield in java

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