Application with a Text Field

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Here is one (of several) constructors for JTextField. The parameter says how many characters wide the field is.

JTextField( int numChars ) 

Notice that the parameter is number of characters, not the size in pixels or other measure. This program displays the frame at top.

import java.awt.*; 
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class TextEg1 extends 
{

   text;

  // constructor for TextEg1
  public TextEg1()
  { 
    super( title ); 
    
    text = new  ;
    
    setLayout( new FlowLayout() );
    add( text );
    setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );   
  }

  public static void main ( String[] args )
  {
    TextEg1 teg  = new TextEg1( "TextField" ) ;
    teg.setSize   ( 300, 100 );     
    teg.setVisible( true );      
  }

}