super(); img = ImageIO.read(file); Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0,0, img.getWidth(null),img.getHeight(null)); texture = new TexturePaint(img, rect); setOpaque(false);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Watermark JTextField Hack"); JTextField textfield = new WatermarkTextField(new File("red.png")); textfield.setText("A Text Field"); frame.getContentPane().add(textfield); frame.pack(); frame.show();
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g; g2.setPaint(texture); g.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(),getHeight()); super.paintComponent(g);