How to set Jtextfield Maxlength?..

[qwerty53]

I have coded my password field's length like this. But i wanna set the password field to 8 characters, user can't write anything bigger than 8 characters. how can i do that ? is there anything something like "textfield maxlength" in jtextfield proporties ??? Waiting for you help...

 
    String password = txtPassword.getText().trim();
    int passwordLength = sifre.length();
    ...
    ...
    else if(passwordLength != 8 ) {
         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your password must be 8 characters!.."); 
         boolean requestFocusInWindow = txtPassword.requestFocusInWindow();
    }
    ... 
    ...

Best Regards...

[JosAH]

I have coded my password field's length like this. But i wanna set the password field to 8 characters, user can't write anything bigger than 8 characters. how can i do that ? is there anything something like "textfield maxlength" in jtextfield proporties ??? Waiting for you help...

 
    String password = txtPassword.getText().trim();
    int passwordLength = sifre.length();
    ...
    ...
    else if(passwordLength != 8 ) {
         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your password must be 8 characters!.."); 
         boolean requestFocusInWindow = txtPassword.requestFocusInWindow();
    }
    ... 
    ...

Best Regards...

A Document object manages the text entered in the JTextField; add a DocumentListener to that object and make it check for the length of the text; if it is too long, remove the offending char from the Document.

kind regards,

Jos

[pbrockway2]

There are also document filters.

[qwerty53]

the declaration of the buttons are in initComponents part. they can't be changed...

[qwerty53]

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
    private void initComponents() {

        mainPanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel2 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel3 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel4 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel5 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel6 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel8 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel9 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel10 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel11 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel12 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel13 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel14 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel16 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel17 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        txtKullaniciAdi = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        txtOgrenciNumarasi = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        txtOgrenciAdi = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        txtVerildigiTarih = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        txtOgrenciSoyadi = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        txtGecerlilikTarihi = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        txtSifre = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        btnBulOgrenciAdi = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnYazdir = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnBulOgrenciNo = new javax.swing.JButton();
        txtEpostaAdresi = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jLabel7 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        btnBulOgrenciNo1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnTemizle = new javax.swing.JButton();

[JosAH]

the declaration of the buttons are in initComponents part. they can't be changed...

Who said something about changing those buttons?

kind regards,

Jos

[qwerty53]

so how can i use DocumentListener ???

[JosAH]

so how can i use DocumentListener ???

That's what the API documentation is for. Also read about the DocumenFilter class (as was suggested by Pbrockway2)

kind regards,

Jos

[qwerty53]

it seems too long... there must be an another way.

[Tolls]

Then maybe you should give up and find a different hobby/career.

[Dark]

Don't attempt something remotely complex if you want a simple solution.

Don't attempt Algebra if you only want to use basic math.

[qwerty53]

Then maybe you should give up and find a different hobby/career.

really ? you smart a..

[Tolls]

I don't know, maybe it's just me but:
"it seems too long"
sounds very close to:
"but it's too hard"

You've been given the answer to what needs to be done (and how it's done in Swing).
That you think it's too difficult in some way implies this isn't the job for you.

[qwerty53]

i don't need philosophical sentences, i just want a simple example. So i ll learn what to do... Oh Gooood!..

[pbrockway2]

i just want a simple example

@OP: Good luck finding it. And thanks for the question: if I had known about DocumentFilter before, I had forgotten about it.

@World: Is this a modern tendency, to introduce everything with "hafta" or "juswanna"?

The first denies the essential contingency of everything and ignores the fact that whatever we do involves choice and decision. The second pretends that our actions do not have consequence and entail nothing.

It is a cheap rhetorical reflex whereby the speaker aims to obtain agreement either by claiming that something is inevitable (the haftas) or a small matter that it would be churlish to reject (the juswannas). With uncritical repetition the rhetoric becomes ingrained in both speaker and listener as an idle and irresponsible philosophy.

[Junky]

it seems too long... there must be an another way.

Of course there is a much simpler way but we are complete bastards and do not what to share the secret with a schmuck like you. Therefore the much harder solution was suggested. So you can either bite the bullet and do it the hard way or study lots, become more proficient and experienced and then after ~10 years when you are a Java Guru somebody MIGHT tell you how to do it the easy way.

[JosAH]

Of course there is a much simpler way but we are complete bastards and do not what to share the secret with a schmuck like you. Therefore the much harder solution was suggested. So you can either bite the bullet and do it the hard way or study lots, become more proficient and experienced and then after ~10 years when you are a Java Guru somebody MIGHT tell you how to do it the easy way.

And he has to do the secret handshake and the silly dance! I'll go and fetch the syrup and feathers.

kind regards,

Jos ;-)

[Dark]

And he has to do the secret handshake and the silly dance! I'll go and fetch the syrup and feathers.

kind regards,

Jos ;-)

The syrup and feathers have left me scarred for life. I should've just done it the hard way.