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What this is

This file is part of the Tame Swing collection that we have compiled. All of the Java source code in these examples was created by Nobuo Tamemasa. As these examples have become hard to find on the internet, we have put them in one place here, supported by minimal advertising. In time we will include images of each running sample Java/Swing application.

The intent of having these files here is to help you learn Java and Swing by example, and Tame certainly created some terrific examples of the power of the Swing framework.

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java, swing, example, sample, source, custom, combo, box, combobox, jcombobox

The source code

/* (swing1.1) */
package tame.examples;

import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.util.Vector;

import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JSeparator;
import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;

/**
@author Nobuo Tamemasa
@version 1.0 12/25/98
*/
public class BlockComboBoxExample extends JFrame {
  final String SEPARATOR = "SEPARATOR";

  public BlockComboBoxExample() {
    super("Block ComboBox Example");

    String[][] str = {{"A"  ,"B"  ,"C"  },
                      {"1"  ,"2"  ,"3"  },
                      {"abc","def","ghi"}
    };

    JComboBox combo = new JComboBox(makeVectorData(str));
    combo.setRenderer(new ComboBoxRenderer());
    combo.addActionListener(new BlockComboListener(combo));

    getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    getContentPane().add(combo);
    setSize(300, 100);
    setVisible(true);
  }

  private Vector makeVectorData(String[][] str) {
    boolean needSeparator = false;
    Vector data = new Vector();
    for (int i=0;i<str.length;i++) {
      if (needSeparator) {
        data.addElement(SEPARATOR);
      }
      for (int j=0;j<str[i].length;j++) {
        data.addElement(str[i][j]);
        needSeparator = true;
      }
    }
    return data;
  }

  public static void main (String args[]) {
    BlockComboBoxExample frame = new BlockComboBoxExample();
    frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
      public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
	System.exit(0);
      }
    });
  }


  class ComboBoxRenderer extends JLabel implements ListCellRenderer {
    JSeparator separator;

    public ComboBoxRenderer() {
      setOpaque(true);
      setBorder(new EmptyBorder(1, 1, 1, 1));
      separator = new JSeparator(JSeparator.HORIZONTAL);
    }

    public Component getListCellRendererComponent( JList list,
           Object value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
      String str = (value == null) ? "" : value.toString();
      if (SEPARATOR.equals(str)) {
        return separator;
      }
      if(isSelected) {
        setBackground(list.getSelectionBackground());
        setForeground(list.getSelectionForeground());
      } else {
        setBackground(list.getBackground());
        setForeground(list.getForeground());
      }
      setFont(list.getFont());
      setText(str);
      return this;
    }
  }

  class BlockComboListener implements ActionListener {
    JComboBox combo;
    Object currentItem;

    BlockComboListener(JComboBox combo) {
      this.combo  = combo;
      combo.setSelectedIndex(0);
      currentItem = combo.getSelectedItem();
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
      String tempItem = (String)combo.getSelectedItem();
      if (SEPARATOR.equals(tempItem)) {
        combo.setSelectedItem(currentItem);
      } else {
        currentItem = tempItem;
      }
    }
  }
}

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