JTextField Horizontal Alignment Example

/*
JTextField Horizontal Alignment Example
This java example shows how to get or set horizontal alignment of
JTextField's text using Java Swing JTextField class.
*/
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import javax.swing.JApplet;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
/*
<applet code="JTextFieldHorizontalAlignmentExample" width=200 height=200>
</applet>
*/
public class JTextFieldHorizontalAlignmentExample extends JApplet{
public void init(){
//set flow layout for the applet
this.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
//create new JTextField
JTextField field = new JTextField("JTextField Horizontal Alignment Example", 10);
/*
* To get horizontal alignment of JTextBox's text use,
* int getHorizontalAlignment()
* method of JTextField class.
*
* Return value is one of the following values,
* JTextField.LEFT, JTextField.CENTER, JTextField.RIGHT
* JTextField.LEADING, Or JTextField.TRAILING
*/
int horizontalAlignment = field.getHorizontalAlignment();
switch(horizontalAlignment){
case JTextField.LEFT:
field.setText("Left");
break;
case JTextField.RIGHT:
field.setText("Right");
break;
case JTextField.CENTER:
field.setText("Center");
break;
case JTextField.LEADING:
field.setText("Leading");
break;
case JTextField.TRAILING:
field.setText("Trailing");
break;
}
/*
* To set horizontal alignment of JTextField's text use,
* void setHorizontalAlignment(int alignment)
* method of JTextField class.
*/
//field.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
add(field);
}
}