Java - placeholder on textfield

Question

I\'m trying to create a GUI with Swing. My problem is, I have a textfield, but I want it to have a \"placeholder\" (like in html). I read here and there that it can be done

Answer 1

Try this.

private void txtUserNameFocusGained(java.awt.event.FocusEvent evt) {                                        
    String username = txtUserName.getText();
    if(username.equals("User Name")){
        txtUserName.setCaretPosition(0);
    }

}                                       

private void txtUserNameFocusLost(java.awt.event.FocusEvent evt) {                                      
    String username = txtUserName.getText();
    if(username.equals("")){
        txtUserName.setForeground(new java.awt.Color(86, 86, 86));
        txtUserName.setCaretPosition(0);
        txtUserName.setText("User Name");
    }
}                                     

private void txtUserNameKeyPressed(java.awt.event.KeyEvent evt) {                                       
    String username = txtUserName.getText();
    if(username.equals("User Name")){
        txtUserName.setForeground(new java.awt.Color(0, 0, 0));
        txtUserName.setText(null);
        txtUserName.setCaretPosition(0);
    }
}

Be adviced, the name of the text field is "txtUserName". You can see the output as like this.