Java: How do I do a “onclick” for TextField?

Question

I want to make my text field clear the text when someone clicks it. How can I do this?

Answer 1

Try this:

  TextField.setText("defaultText");

    TextField.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
        public void mouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
            reSet(evt);
        }
    });

  TextField.addFocusListener(new java.awt.event.FocusAdapter() {
        public void focusGained(java.awt.event.FocusEvent evt) {
            reSet(evt);
        }
  });

  void reSet(java.awt.event.KeyEvent evt) {
      String temp = jTextField1.getText();
      TextField.setText(temp.equals("defaultText")? "" : temp);
  }