Copy text from a disabled JTextField

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Is it possible to allow a user to copy text from within a disabled JTextField? At the moment if I have a text field that is disabled, the user is unable to select the text to copy and paste into another app.

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '11 at 02:55

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Make the text field non editable, then you can still use the mouse to select text.

You can also change the font color to make it look disabled.

answered Feb 01 '11 at 02:55

camickr

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JTextComponent has a getDisabledTextColor() method you can use. – Joshua Goldberg Feb 06 '15 at 18:17

jzd · Answer 2 · 2012-02-24T18:36:07.517

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Camickr's suggestions are the right on, but alternatively you could add a right click menu option with a copy action.

edited Feb 24 '12 at 18:36

answered Feb 01 '11 at 03:03

jzd

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Copy text from a disabled JTextField

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