Placeholder in JTextField - Java Swing

Question

How to put a placeholder JTextArea? I do not want to use a label , I think the placeholder is more elegant.

private void initialize() {
    frame = new JFrame();

    JTextField txtSfas = new JTextField();
    TextPrompt txtSfas = new TextPrompt("First Name", txtSfas);
    frame.getContentPane().add(txtSfas, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    txtSfas.setColumns(2);

}

error:

TextPrompt cannot be resolved to a type

Answer 1

Looking for something like this? Text prompt

Answer 2

The SwingX library which can be used alongside normal Swing takes cares of this when you initialize a JXTextField and does the same for JXTextArea too.

JXTextField text = new JXTextField("Your Prompt Here");
text.setPrompt("New Prompt");
frame.add(text, BorderLayout.CENTER);