Only part of text in JTextField is visible 1

[YerMom]

I have a GUI application that includes a JTextField, which is disabled because I don't want the user to type in the field.

I set the text dynamically, but when the text exceeds the length of the JTextField, then only the last part of the text is visible. I prefer to have the user see the start of the text and have the remainder not visible becuase I can use a tooltip to display the entire contents.

Is there a way to have the first part of the text visible?

Thanks.

 

[prosper]

you may try this method when you want to scroll to first part.
yourJTextField.setScrollOffset(0);

 

[Diancecht]

So you have a disabled TextField that the user cannot see and has to use a tooltip?

I'd reconsider that design

Cheers,
Dian

 

[YerMom]

prosper,
setScrollOffset did not work, but setCaretPosition does work.

Dian,
Thanks for your suggestion. Your feedback is always welcome. The story is this: the text field contains a path that I let the user set by displaying a JFileChooser. I considered not disabling the text field and giving the user the option to type a path, but that leaves open the possibility of entering an invalid path, so I decided to disable the text field. Do you have any suggestions?

 

[Diancecht]

What I don't like is the idea of a textfield whose content I cannot see. You can scroll even if it's disabled. I'm not sure, but maybe a BoundedRangeModel would do the trick or maybe it's just OK for your needs, this is just a personal opinion.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[Bong]

I'm certainly no one to throw criticisms but isn't this an instance of where "Label" is indicated (instead of TextField)?

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Bob Rashkin

 

[YerMom]

Bob,

I don't understand your question. The component in question is a JTextField.

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Bong]

If I want to display text that the user can't edit, I use a Label widget (or JLabel in swing).

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Bob Rashkin

 

[YerMom]

Thanks. I'll give that a try.