JTextField.setToolTipText(String s) Example

ToolTipText is a string that is displayed when user moves mouse cursor over a swing component like JButton , JTextArea ,JLabel, JTextField...

ToolTipText is a string that is displayed when user moves mouse cursor over a swing component like JButton,JTextArea,JLabel,JTextField etc

JTextField setToolTipText example

[

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;



public class JavaJTextField extends JFrame{
    JavaJTextField()
    {
        super("JTextField Tooltiptext");


        JTextField field=new JTextField();

        field.setToolTipText("Enter your name");

        field.setBounds(50,50, 150,20);
        add(field);





        setSize(400,400);
        setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        setLayout(null);
        setVisible(true);

    }


    public static void main(String args[])
    {


        new JavaJTextField();

    }


}

]

[field.setToolTipText("Enter your name");] this is the code that sets tooltiptext.Run above code and hover the mouse over the JTextField, "Enter your name " text will pop up.

JTextField setEditable example

setEditable() function is used to enable or disable user inputs.If you setEditable(false),user cannot enter any input in that field.
[

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;



public class JavaJTextField extends JFrame{
    JavaJTextField()
    {
        super("JTextField Tooltiptext");


        JTextField field=new JTextField();

        field.setToolTipText("Enter your name");
        field.setEditable(false);

        field.setBounds(50,50, 150,20);
        add(field);





        setSize(400,400);
        setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        setLayout(null);
        setVisible(true);

    }


    public static void main(String args[])
    {


        new JavaJTextField();

    }


}

]

Output

See also:

JButton setToolTipText

JTextField setText

JTextField getText