Java – placeholder on textfield

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I found this on the oracle forums. 

public class TextFieldWithPrompt extends JTextField{

@Override
protected void paintComponent(java.awt.Graphics g) {
    super.paintComponent(g);

    if(getText().isEmpty() && ! (FocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().getFocusOwner() == this)){
        Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g.create();
        g2.setBackground(Color.gray);
        g2.setFont(getFont().deriveFont(Font.ITALIC));
        g2.drawString("zip", 5, 10); //figure out x, y from font's FontMetrics and size of component.
        g2.dispose();
    }
  }

https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1349874

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