JPasswordField KeyPress string length error?

Question

I am trying to change background colors of a JPasswordField in Java Swing (Netbeans).

Here\'s what I have:

private void pstxtPasswordKeyPressed(java.         


        

Answer 1

As an aside, examine the length of the array returned by getPassword(), rather than the length of a String constructed from that array. The String is a security risk, as it will be stored for an indefinite time with the easily found name userPassword.

Addendum: Here's a related example of Robin's suggestion to use DocumentListener. I'm guessing that your key listener is seeing the KeyEvent before the JPasswordField has processed it.