How to limit the number of characters entered in a JTextField?
Suppose I want to enter say 5 characters max. After that no characters can be entered into it.
8 Answers
Just put this code in KeyTyped event:
if ((jtextField.getText() + evt.getKeyChar()).length() > 20) {
evt.consume();
}
Where "20" is the maximum number of characters that you want.
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