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 ) 

This program displays the frame at right.

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

public class TextEg1 extends _______
{

  _________ text;

  // constructor for TextEg1
  public TextEg1()
  {  
    text = new _______________;
    getContentPane().setLayout( new FlowLayout() );
    getContentPane().add( text )
  }

  public static void main ( String[] args )
  {
    . . . . .
  }

  . . . . .
}