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Dave
Dave

Reputation: 267

Can I modify a Java Swing JTextArea so that it looks like a JPasswordField?

Can I modify a Java Swing JTextArea so that is doesn't display charaters typed? Can I make it display only '*' chars in the same way that a JPasswordField class does?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 529

Answers (2)

Marian
Marian

Reputation: 2667

IMHO the best way to solve the problem is to look how JPasswordField overrides JTextField and to make your own derivation of JTextArea.

Upvotes: 5

thedude19
thedude19

Reputation: 2673

Well, aside from using JPasswordField (which is just a subclass of JTextField), you could replace every character with * on each key press, and store the actual text in a string or an array of chars.

Upvotes: 1

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