Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.ItemSelectable; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class Main { public static void main(final String args[]) { final String labels[] = { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" }; JFrame frame = new JFrame("Selecting JComboBox"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(labels); frame.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.SOUTH); ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { System.out.println("Command: " + actionEvent.getActionCommand()); ItemSelectable is = (ItemSelectable) actionEvent.getSource(); System.out.println(", Selected: " + selectedString(is)); } }; comboBox.addActionListener(actionListener); comboBox.removeActionListener(actionListener); frame.setSize(400, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } static private String selectedString(ItemSelectable is) { Object selected[] = is.getSelectedObjects(); return ((selected.length == 0) ? "null" : (String) selected[0]); } }