setSelectedItem(“banana”). You could have found it yourself by just reading the javadoc. Edit: since you changed the question, I’ll change my answer. If you want to select the item having the “banana” label, then you have two solutions: Iterate through the items to find the one (or the index of the one) which has the … Read more
try: new JComboBox(Mood.values());
Have a look at this source: import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class Tester { public Tester(){ JComboBox box = new JComboBox(); box.addItem(“One”); box.addItem(“Two”); box.addItem(“Three”); box.addItem(“Four”); box.addItemListener(new ItemListener(){ public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e){ System.out.println(e.getItem() + ” ” + e.getStateChange() ); } }); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.getContentPane().add(box); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } public static void main(String … Read more
I suppose you refer to getSelectedItem()? The reason is that if the combo box is editable, the selected item is not necessarily contained in the backing model and not constrained to the generic type. E.g. if you have an editable JComboBox<Integer> with the model [1, 2, 3], you can still type “foo” in the component … Read more
It should respond to ActionListeners, like this: combo.addActionListener (new ActionListener () { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { doSomething(); } }); @John Calsbeek rightly points out that addItemListener() will work, too. You may get 2 ItemEvents, though, one for the deselection of the previously selected item, and another for the selection of the new item. Just … Read more