How to create a JTextField and adding it to a JFrame

by Eric K · Published July 3, 2017 · Updated July 3, 2017

Below code creates a JTextField and adds it to a JFrame window.

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class JTextFieldExample  extends JFrame{
    
    public JTextField userField;
    public JLabel userLabel;
    JTextFieldExample()
    {
        super("JFrame Example");
        userField=new JTextField();
        userLabel=new JLabel("Enter Username");
        userLabel.setBounds(10, 10,100, 20);
        userField.setBounds(120, 10, 100, 20);
        add(userLabel);
        add(userField);
        setLayout(null);
        setSize(300,300);
   setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setVisible(true);
  
    }
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
    new JTextFieldExample();
    }
}