JTextField AND JTextArea

 In Java Swing (javax.swing), JTextField and JTextArea are commonly used for user text input. Below are their important properties, how to set/get values, and an example.

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✅ 1. JTextField (Single-line Input)

Important Properties:

Property	Method	Description
Set text	setText(String text)	Set text in the field
Get text	getText()	Get current text
Set columns	setColumns(int cols)	Width of the text field (in columns)
Set editable	setEditable(boolean)	Allow user editing or not
Set font	setFont(Font font)	Set font style and size
Set foreground color	setForeground(Color c)	Set text color
Set background color	setBackground(Color c)	Set background color

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✅ 2. JTextArea (Multi-line Input)

Important Properties:

Property	Method	Description
Set text	setText(String text)	Set text in the area
Get text	getText()	Get text
Set rows/columns	setRows(int), setColumns(int)	Set size of the text area
Line wrap	setLineWrap(true)	Automatically wrap lines
Wrap style	setWrapStyleWord(true)	Wrap at word boundaries
Editable	setEditable(boolean)	Allow editing

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✅ Full Example:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class TextInputExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("TextField & TextArea Example");
        frame.setSize(400, 300);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

        // JTextField
        JTextField textField = new JTextField(20);
        textField.setText("Enter your name");
        textField.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 14));
        
        // JTextArea
        JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(5, 20);
        textArea.setText("Enter your message here...");
        textArea.setLineWrap(true);
        textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
        textArea.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 14));
        
        // Button to read input
        JButton btn = new JButton("Submit");
        btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                String name = textField.getText();
                String message = textArea.getText();
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Name: " + name + "\nMessage: " + message);
            }
        });

        // Add components to frame
        frame.add(new JLabel("Name:"));
        frame.add(textField);
        frame.add(new JLabel("Message:"));
        frame.add(new JScrollPane(textArea)); // Use scroll pane for textarea
        frame.add(btn);

        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

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🔍 Summary:

• Use setText() to set, and getText() to retrieve values.

• Always use JScrollPane with JTextArea for better UX.

• JTextField is for single-line input; JTextArea is for multi-line.

Would you like an example that stores the input into a file or database next?