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Center JTextField (not the text inside the field!)

How can I center a JTextField.

NOTE! I do not want to center the text in the JTextField (which is achieved using setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER), but rather I want to center the actual JTextField in the space it is in, just as jLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER) would do.

Solution

  • I recommend using GridBagLayout for this.

    panel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagConstraints center = new GridBagConstraints();
center.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
center.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
panel.add(textField, center);