How to clear JTextField when mouse clicks the JTextField

Question

I need to make this program clear the text from the text field when the mouse clicks in that text field. I have tried a few things, but none of them have yet to work for me.

Here is the code in its entirety:

public class TimerClassPanel extends JFrame implements MouseListener{

    public TimerClassPanel(){
        setTitle("Timer Class");
        setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);

        timer = new Timer(DELAY, new TimerEventHandler());

        pane = getContentPane();
        pane.setLayout(null);

        int r = (int)(9.0 * Math.random()) + 1;
        String str2 = Integer.toString(r);

        label = new JLabel(str2, SwingConstants.CENTER);
        label.setSize(150,30);
        label.setLocation(0,0);

        textField = new JTextField();
        textField.setSize(150,30);
        textField.setLocation(150,0);

        startB = new JButton("Start");
        startbh = new StartButtonHandler();
        startB.addActionListener(startbh);
        startB.setSize(100,30);
        startB.setLocation(0,30);

        stopB = new JButton("Stop");
        stopbh = new StopButtonHandler();
        stopB.addActionListener(stopbh);
        stopB.setSize(100,30);
        stopB.setLocation(100,30);

        exitB = new JButton("Exit");
        ebHandler = new ExitButtonHandler();
        exitB.addActionListener(ebHandler);
        exitB.setSize(100,30);
        exitB.setLocation(200,30);      

        pane.add(label);

        pane.add(textField);
        pane.add(startB);
        pane.add(stopB);
        pane.add(exitB);

        timer = new Timer(DELAY, new TimerEventHandler());

        setVisible(true);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }

    private class TimerEventHandler implements ActionListener{
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
            int r = (int)(9.0 * Math.random()) + 1;
            String str = Integer.toString(r);
            currentNum = "";
            currentNum = str;
            label.setText(str);
            repaint();
        }
    }

    public class StartButtonHandler implements ActionListener{
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
            timer.start();
        }
    }

    public class StopButtonHandler implements ActionListener{
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
            timer.stop();
        }
    }

    private class ExitButtonHandler implements ActionListener{
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
            System.exit(0);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args){
        TimerClassPanel timerPanel = new TimerClassPanel();
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Type your guess (int between 1-9)" +
                " in the field then press 'ENTER'");
    }

    @Override
    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
        if( e.getX() > 150 && e.getX() < 300 && e.getY() > 0 && e.getY() < 30)
        {   
            textField.setText("");
            repaint();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

    @Override
    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

    @Override
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

    @Override
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }
}

Solution 1

TL;DR

Anyway, registering a MouseAdapter and overriding mouseClicked worked for me,

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public class ClickAndClearDemo {
    private static void createAndShowGUI(){
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 20, 20));

        final JTextField textField = new JTextField("Enter text here...");
        textField.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
            @Override
            public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){
                textField.setText("");
            }
        });

        frame.add(textField);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
            @Override
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }
}

I hope this example gets you started in the right direction!

Solution 2

Is it to clear the 'hint' text?

I think this is what you're trying to do...

textField.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter())
    {
        public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
        {
            if(textField.getText().equals("Default Text"))
            {
                textField.setText("");
                repaint();
                revalidate();
            }           
        }
    });

Solution 3

This worked for me. Of course, the text is cleared when you click, and you can enter new text. To clear the text again via a click, the textfield has to lose focus and then regain focus from the mouse. I am not entirely sure what you are looking for here.

import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

public class ClickTextField extends JTextField implements MouseListener{

public static void main(String[] args) {
    new ClickTextField();
}

public ClickTextField() {
    addMouseListener(this);

    JFrame J = new JFrame();
    J.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    J.setSize(100,100);
    J.getContentPane().add(this);
    setText("Texty text...");
    J.show();
}

@Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {

    setText("");

}

@Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

}