Getting and Setting the Selected Item in a JComboBox Component : ComboBox « Swing JFC « Java

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Java » Swing JFC » ComboBox Screenshots  Getting and Setting the Selected Item in a JComboBox Component   import javax.swing.JComboBox; public class Main {   public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {     String[] items = { "item1", "item2" };     JComboBox cb = new JComboBox(items);     // Get current value     Object obj = cb.getSelectedItem();      // Set a new value     cb.setSelectedItem("item2");     obj = cb.getSelectedItem();      // If the new value is not in the list of valid items, the call is ignored     cb.setSelectedItem("item3");     obj = cb.getSelectedItem();    } }        Related examples in the same category 1.  Combobox combines a button or editable field and a drop-down list. 2.  Using drop-down lists 3.  A fancy example of JComboBox with a custom renderer and editor 4.  Editable ComboBox 5.  Create a simple combobox 6.  Font Chooser ComboBox 7.  Color combobox renderer 8.  Select the combobox by choose the nearby label 9.  ComoboBox loads and saves items automatically from a file 10.  Sharing a Model between a JList and JComboBox 11.  ComboBox Demo 2 12.  Custom ComboBox with Image 13.  ComboBox Demo 14.  List: Shared Data Sample 15.  Selecting Combo Sample 16.  MultiKey Combo 17.  PopupCombo Sample 18.  Dual Sample: JList and ComboBox 19.  ComboBox Sample 20.  Color ComboBox: ComboBoxEditor Demo 21.  Determining When the Menu of a JComboBox Component Is Displayed 22.  Listening for Action Events from a JComboBox Component 23.  Listening for Changes to the Selected Item in a JComboBox Component 24.  Setting the Number of Visible Items in the Menu of a JComboBox Component 25.  Displaying the Menu in a JComboBox Component Using a Keystroke If the Selected Item Is Not Unique 26.  Displaying the Menu in a JComboBox Component Using a Keystroke 27.  Determining If the Menu of a JComboBox Component Is Visible 28.  Selecting an Item in a JComboBox Component with Multiple Keystrokes 29.  Adding and Removing an Item in a JComboBox Component 30.  Add an item after the first item 31.  Add an item to the end of the list 32.  Remove first item 33.  Remove the last item 34.  Remove all items 35.  Getting the Items in a JComboBox Component 36.  If the combobox is editable, the new value can be any value 37.  Creating a read-only and editable JComboBox Component 38.  ArrayListComboBoxModel Demo