Question

I need to have a rounded corner text field and I found the solution here the problem is that with this solution I lose all the standard JTextField shadows.

Does anyone know how to restore them?

Answer 1

You cannot simply replace original textfield border without losing the shadow. You will have to apply some specific border with your own shadow-like effect or even modify the UI so it paints the shadow around the field.

Here is a simple example of shadow-like UI for textfield:

public static class RoundedFieldUI extends BasicTextFieldUI
{
    private int round = 5;
    private int shadeWidth = 2;
    private int textSpacing = 3;

    public void installUI ( JComponent c )
    {
        super.installUI ( c );

        c.setOpaque ( false );

        int s = shadeWidth + 1 + textSpacing;
        c.setBorder ( BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder ( s, s, s, s ) );
    }

    protected void paintSafely ( Graphics g )
    {
        Graphics2D g2d = ( Graphics2D ) g;
        g2d.setRenderingHint ( RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
                RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON );

        Shape border = getBorderShape ();

        Stroke os = g2d.getStroke ();
        g2d.setStroke ( new BasicStroke ( shadeWidth * 2 ) );
        g2d.setPaint ( Color.LIGHT_GRAY );
        g2d.draw ( border );
        g2d.setStroke ( os );

        g2d.setPaint ( Color.WHITE );
        g2d.fill ( border );

        g2d.setPaint ( Color.BLACK );
        g2d.draw ( border );

        super.paintSafely ( g );
    }

    private Shape getBorderShape ()
    {
        JTextComponent component = getComponent ();
        if ( round > 0 )
        {
            return new RoundRectangle2D.Double ( shadeWidth, shadeWidth,
                    component.getWidth () - shadeWidth * 2 - 1,
                    component.getHeight () - shadeWidth * 2 - 1, round * 2, round * 2 );
        }
        else
        {
            return new Rectangle2D.Double ( shadeWidth, shadeWidth,
                    component.getWidth () - shadeWidth * 2 - 1,
                    component.getHeight () - shadeWidth * 2 - 1 );
        }
    }

    public static void main ( String[] args )
    {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame ();

        JPanel panel = new JPanel ( new BorderLayout ( 5, 5 ) );
        panel.setBorder ( BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder ( 50, 50, 50, 50 ) );
        frame.add ( panel );

        panel.add ( new JLabel ( "Field:" ), BorderLayout.NORTH );

        JTextField field = new JTextField ( 20 );
        field.setUI ( new RoundedFieldUI () );
        panel.add ( field );

        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation ( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
        frame.pack ();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo ( null );
        frame.setVisible ( true );
    }
}