Value Change Listener to JTextField

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I want the message box to appear immediately after the user changes the value in the textfield. Currently, I need to hit the enter key to get the message box to pop out. Is there anything wrong with my code?

textField.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent e) {

        if (Integer.parseInt(textField.getText())<=0){
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                    "Error: Please enter number bigger than 0", "Error Message",
                    JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
        }       
    }
}

Any help would be appreciated!

documentlistener jtextfield listener swing java
14 Answers

An elegant way is to add the listener to the caret position, because it changes every time something is typed/deleted, then just compare old value with current one.

String oldVal = ""; // empty string or default value
JTextField tf = new JTextField(oldVal);

tf.addCaretListener(e -> {
    String currentVal = login.getText();

    if(!currentVal.equals(oldVal)) {
        oldVal = currentVal;
        System.out.println("Change"); // do something
    }
});

(This event is also being triggered every time a user just clicks into a textField).

user_96488440

If we use runnable method SwingUtilities.invokeLater() while using Document listener application is getting stuck sometimes and taking time to update the result(As per my experiment). Instead of that we can also use KeyReleased event for text field change listener as mentioned here. 

usernameTextField.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
    public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
        JTextField textField = (JTextField) e.getSource();
        String text = textField.getText();
        textField.setText(text.toUpperCase());
    }
});
user_62281070

Here is a Kotlin port of @Boann's answer, which is a great solution that has been working well for me.

import java.beans.*
import javax.swing.*
import javax.swing.event.*
import javax.swing.text.*

/**
 * Installs a listener to receive notification when the text of this
 * [JTextComponent] is changed. Internally, it installs a [DocumentListener] on the
 * text component's [Document], and a [PropertyChangeListener] on the text component
 * to detect if the `Document` itself is replaced.
 *
 * @param changeListener a listener to receive [ChangeEvent]s when the text is changed;
 * the source object for the events will be the text component
 */
fun JTextComponent.addChangeListener(changeListener: ChangeListener) {
    val dl: DocumentListener = object : DocumentListener {
        private var lastChange = 0
        private var lastNotifiedChange = 0
        override fun insertUpdate(e: DocumentEvent) = changedUpdate(e)
        override fun removeUpdate(e: DocumentEvent) = changedUpdate(e)
        override fun changedUpdate(e: DocumentEvent) {
            lastChange++
            SwingUtilities.invokeLater {
                if (lastNotifiedChange != lastChange) {
                    lastNotifiedChange = lastChange
                    changeListener.stateChanged(ChangeEvent(this))
                }
            }
        }
    }
    addPropertyChangeListener("document") { e: PropertyChangeEvent ->
        (e.oldValue as? Document)?.removeDocumentListener(dl)
        (e.newValue as? Document)?.addDocumentListener(dl)
        dl.changedUpdate(null)
    }
    document?.addDocumentListener(dl)
}

You can use it on any text component as follows:

myTextField.addChangeListener { event -> myEventHandler(event) }

Like his code, also public domain.

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