Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.DefaultListCellRenderer; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JList; import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { Color colors[] = { Color.GREEN, Color.ORANGE, Color.PINK, Color.RED, Color.WHITE, Color.YELLOW }; JFrame frame = new JFrame("Color JComboBox"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); final JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(colors); comboBox.setMaximumRowCount(5); comboBox.setEditable(true); comboBox.setRenderer(new ColorCellRenderer()); frame.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.NORTH); final JLabel label = new JLabel(); label.setOpaque(true); label.setBackground((Color) comboBox.getSelectedItem()); frame.add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER); ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { Color selectedColor = (Color) comboBox.getSelectedItem(); label.setBackground(selectedColor); } }; comboBox.addActionListener(actionListener); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } } class ColorCellRenderer implements ListCellRenderer { protected DefaultListCellRenderer defaultRenderer = new DefaultListCellRenderer(); private final static Dimension preferredSize = new Dimension(0, 20); public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) { JLabel renderer = (JLabel) defaultRenderer.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus); if (value instanceof Color) { renderer.setBackground((Color) value); } renderer.setPreferredSize(preferredSize); return renderer; } }