Transparency for JTextField not working

Question

I\'m working on a log in server & my JTextFields aren\'t transparent when I set Opaque to false.

My code:

//username  
             


        

Answer 1

no idea what you tried, for better help sooner post an SSCCE, short. runnable, compilable with setBackground instead of Image

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

public class LabelImageText extends JPanel {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    public LabelImageText() {
        JTextField jUsername = new JTextField(10);
        jUsername.setText("MyText");
        jUsername.setOpaque(false);
        //jUsername.setBorder(null);
        add(jUsername);
        JTextField jPassword = new JTextField(15);
        jPassword.setText("MyText");
        jPassword.setOpaque(false);
        //jPassword.setBorder(null);
        add(jPassword);
        setBackground(Color.RED);
    }

    private static void createAndShowUI() {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("set Opaque");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.add(new LabelImageText());
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                createAndShowUI();
            }
        });
    }
}

Answer 2

I tried with another option and it worked for me.

You can modify the property Background of the textfield. Select the option custom code in the Selection Box and paste new Color(0, 0, 0, 0)in the txtField.setBackground property.

Then just change the border property to No border. and finally uncheck the opaque checkbox.

Here a capture of my netbeans interface

Answer 3

Basically, the UI delegate of the text field paints not only the text but also the field area (within the border) regardless of the opaque setting.

What you can do, is set the background color to a transparent value, something like new Color(0, 0, 0, 0) for example, which is fully transparent.

For example...

JTextField jUsername = new JTextField(10);  
jUsername.setBounds(520, 284, 190, 25);  
jUsername.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
jUsername.setOpaque(false);  
jUsername.setBorder(null);  
getContentPane().add(jUsername);  

//password  
JTextField jPassword = new JTextField(15);  
jPassword.setBounds(520, 374, 190, 25);  
jPassword.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
jPassword.setOpaque(false);  
jPassword.setBorder(null); 
//jPassword.setBackground(new Color(Color.TRANSLUCENT));
getContentPane().add(jPassword);

You can affect the transparency of a color by changing the last parameter, for example new Color(255, 255, 255, 128) would white, 50% transparent...

You may also wish to change the caret color, take a look at JTextComponent#setCaretColor for more details