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Re: how to hide and show cursor in JTextField?

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From	Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject	Re: how to hide and show cursor in JTextField?
Date	Wed, 22 Apr 2015 09:03:01 -0400
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On 4/22/2015 8:29 AM, karthi.udupi@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, 4 January 2008 06:35:36 UTC+5:30, Roy  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there any way to hide the cursor in the JTextField and show the
>> cursor when I click this field?  It'd be great if I click other area
>> or components in the panel, hide the cursor in the JTextField again.
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Roy
>
> Other option might be
>
> JTextArea.setCaretColor(getBackground());

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     (It must be admitted, though, that Karthi's answer to a seven-year-
old question is not in the same league as someone else's recent answer
to an *eighteen-year-old* question.)

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Re: how to hide and show cursor in JTextField? karthi.udupi@gmail.com - 2015-04-22 05:29 -0700
  Re: how to hide and show cursor in JTextField? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-04-22 09:03 -0400

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