This question, Masking password input from the console : Java, addresses using the Console
class to hide input as asterisks. How can this be done in a Swing GUI, where input is entered into a JTextArea
, rather than the console?
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3Use this? `JPasswordField` http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/JPasswordField.html – 3kings Nov 17 '15 at 00:58
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@3kings post as answer... – djechlin Nov 17 '15 at 00:59
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@djechlin as you wish – 3kings Nov 17 '15 at 01:05
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You can Use this Swing component instead.
JPasswordField
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/JPasswordField.html

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