How to make JTextField (Eclipse Window Builder) read only

Question

I want to make my JTextfield invisible and read only but the value must be shown in a window frame. I am using window builder in Eclipse.

JLabel lblLabel1 = new JLabel("Default DITA-OT File :");
lblLabel1.setBounds(10, 79, 123, 14);
frmPdfPublisher.getContentPane().add(lblLabel1);

JSeparator separator = new JSeparator();
separator.setBounds(10, 140, 414, 2);
frmPdfPublisher.getContentPane().add(separator);

JSeparator separator_1 = new JSeparator();
separator_1.setBounds(10, 257, 414, 2);
frmPdfPublisher.getContentPane().add(separator_1);

textField_1 = new JTextField();
textField_1.setBounds(138, 76, 286, 20);
frmPdfPublisher.getContentPane().add(textField_1);
textField_1.setColumns(10);
textField_1.setVisible(false);

Answer 1

if you want to make it read only than JLable is better option to do this work .

However if you want to use JTextfield than make text field as a private member and use a method to settext field hidden .

class Example {

private JTextField tf;

public void hideTextField(){
    tf.setVisible(false);
} }

Change the color of Textfield and make it same As color of Panel or frame .

setBackground(Color.white);

And Remove Border Either by overriding setBorder method or by Passing "null" to

setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.white));

or

txt.setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.white,0));