Uses of Class javax.swing.JTextField (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-04-22

## Uses of Class
javax.swing.JTextField

- Packages that use JTextField
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  javax.swing | Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.
  javax.swing.plaf.basic | Provides user interface objects built according to the Basic look and feel.
  javax.swing.tree | Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with `javax.swing.JTree`.

- - ### Uses of JTextField in javax.swing

    Subclasses of JTextField in javax.swing
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `JFormattedTextField` `JFormattedTextField` extends `JTextField` adding support for formatting arbitrary values, as well as retrieving a particular object once the user has edited the text.
    `class` | `JPasswordField` `JPasswordField` is a lightweight component that allows the editing of a single line of text where the view indicates something was typed, but does not show the original characters.

    Constructors in javax.swing with parameters of type JTextField
    Constructor and Description
    `DefaultCellEditor(JTextField textField)` Constructs a `DefaultCellEditor` that uses a text field.

  - ### Uses of JTextField in javax.swing.plaf.basic

    Fields in javax.swing.plaf.basic declared as JTextField
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected JTextField` | BasicComboBoxEditor.`editor`

    Methods in javax.swing.plaf.basic that return JTextField
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected JTextField` | BasicComboBoxEditor.`createEditorComponent()` Creates the internal editor component.

  - ### Uses of JTextField in javax.swing.tree

    Subclasses of JTextField in javax.swing.tree
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `DefaultTreeCellEditor.DefaultTextField` `TextField` used when no editor is supplied.

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