Customize JComboBox with BasicComboBoxUI in Java
Description
The following code shows how to customize JComboBox with BasicComboBoxUI.
Example
//from ww w. j a v a 2s . c o m
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.plaf.ComboBoxUI;
import javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicArrowButton;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboBoxUI;
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String labels[] = { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G" };
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Popup JComboBox");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(labels);
comboBox.setUI((ComboBoxUI) MyComboBoxUI.createUI(comboBox));
frame.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.setSize(300, 200);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
class MyComboBoxUI extends BasicComboBoxUI {
public static ComponentUI createUI(JComponent c) {
return new MyComboBoxUI();
}
protected JButton createArrowButton() {
JButton button = new BasicArrowButton(BasicArrowButton.EAST);
return button;
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
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