Java Utililty Methods JTextField Select

List of utility methods to do JTextField Select

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Method

voidaddSelectAllListener(final JTextField field)
Automatically selects the field's text when it gains focus. 
field.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() {
    @Override
    public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
        field.selectAll();
});
voidaddSelectOnFocus(JTextField one)
Add a focusGained-listener to this textfield which selects all text once the component has gained focus. 
final JTextField text = one;
text.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() {
    @Override
    public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                text.selectAll();
...
JButtonbuttonFolderSelect(final JTextField text)
Creates a button that allows select a directory 
final JButton boton = new JButton("Select...");
final JFileChooser f = new JFileChooser();
f.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
boton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        int action = f.showOpenDialog(boton);
        if (action == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
...
JPanelcreateSelected(final JTextField textField, final JButton... btns)
create Selected 
final Dimension btnDim = new Dimension(18, 18);
initComponentHeight(textField);
final JPanel jp = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
jp.setBorder(textField.getBorder());
textField.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
jp.setPreferredSize(textField.getPreferredSize());
final GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
...
voidfocusAndSelectTextInTextField(JTextField textField)
focus And Select Text In Text Field 
int length = textField.getText().length();
textField.setSelectionStart(0);
textField.setSelectionEnd(length);
textField.requestFocus();
JFileChoosernewFileChooser(String dialogTitle, int fileSelectionMode, JTextField textField, String globalLocation)
new File Chooser 
JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
fileChooser.setDialogTitle(dialogTitle);
fileChooser.setFileSelectionMode(fileSelectionMode);
if (!textField.getText().trim().isEmpty())
    setCurrentDirectory(fileChooser, textField.getText().trim());
else if (null != globalLocation && !globalLocation.isEmpty())
    setCurrentDirectory(fileChooser, globalLocation);
return fileChooser;
...
voidrecipientHintSelected(String hintString, JTextField toList, boolean shiftKeyPressed)
recipient Hint Selected 
if (shiftKeyPressed) {
    String currentList = toList.getText();
    if (currentList == null || currentList.length() == 0)
        toList.setText(hintString);
    else
        toList.setText(currentList + ", " + hintString);
} else
    toList.setText(hintString);
...
voidselectAllOnFocus(final JTextField jtf, final String recoverText, final Color forTip, final Color forContent)
select All On Focus 
jtf.addFocusListener(new FocusListener() {
    @Override
    public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
        if (recoverText != null) {
            String text = jtf.getText();
            if (text.isEmpty()) {
                jtf.setForeground(forTip);
                jtf.setText(recoverText);
...
voidselectByTyping(javax.swing.JTree tree, javax.swing.JTextField textfield)
This method selects the first entry in a jTree that start with the text that is entered in the filter-textfield. 
DefaultTreeModel dtm = (DefaultTreeModel) tree.getModel();
MutableTreeNode root = (MutableTreeNode) dtm.getRoot();
String text = textfield.getText().toLowerCase();
if (root != null && !text.isEmpty()) {
    for (int cnt = 0; cnt < dtm.getChildCount(root); cnt++) {
        MutableTreeNode child = (MutableTreeNode) dtm.getChild(root, cnt);
        String childtext = child.toString().toLowerCase();
        if (childtext.startsWith(text)) {
...
ComponentwrapWithFileChooser(final Component aParent, final JTextField aTextField, final int aFileSelectionMode)
wrap With File Chooser 
return wrapWithFileChooser(aParent, aTextField, new JButton("..."), aFileSelectionMode);