Setting Text in a JFormattedTextField

Question

I'm using the code snippet below to create a JFormattedTextField. When entering values via the GUI text field the formatting works as expected. However, when I programmatically set the value the formatting does not occur. How can I force this to occur? ``` JFormattedTextField myTextField = new JFormattedTextField(new DecimalFormat("#0.###")); // Formatting Does Not Occur myTextField.setText("555.55555"); ```

Accepted Answer

Take a look at the setValue() method

Try this

```
myTextField.setValue(new Float("555.55555"));
```

Setting Text in a JFormattedTextField

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