Creating a JCheckbox Component
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import javax.swing.AbstractAction; import javax.swing.Action; import javax.swing.JCheckBox; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { Action action = new AbstractAction("CheckBox Label") { // called when the button is pressed public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) { JCheckBox cb = (JCheckBox) evt.getSource(); // Determine status boolean isSel = cb.isSelected(); if (isSel) { // selected } else { // deselected } } }; // Create the checkbox from the action JCheckBox checkBox = new JCheckBox(action); } }