Point (JTextComponent pathTextField) { Point point; int position = pathTextField.getCaretPosition(); try { Rectangle2D rec = pathTextField.modelToView2D(position); point = new Point((int)rec.getMaxX(), (int)rec.getMaxY()); } catch (BadLocationException e) { point = pathTextField.getCaret().getMagicCaretPosition(); } SwingUtilities.convertPointToScreen(point, pathTextField); point.y += 2; return point; }