Originally posted by Arun Thulaseedharan:
hi all,
i want to include an icon inside a JTextField(at the extreme right)and when that icon is clicked a dialog box should appear.Can anyone suggest an approach for doing this??
thanks in advance.
arun
1) Override the JTextField#paintComponent to paint the Icon at your desired location.
2) Add a MouseListener to your JTextField.
3) On receiving mouse clicks, find out if the click happened on your icon.
4) If yes, process it accordingly.