Java tutorial
import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Insets; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.SQLException; import javax.accessibility.AccessibleContext; import javax.accessibility.AccessibleRole; import javax.swing.DefaultListModel; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JList; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextField; import javax.swing.ListModel; import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder; import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent; import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener; public class ListInput extends JPanel implements ListSelectionListener, ActionListener { protected JLabel label; protected JTextField textfield; protected JList list; protected JScrollPane scrollPane; public ListInput(String[] data, String title) { setLayout(null); setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5)); label = new ListInputLabel(title, JLabel.LEFT); add(label); textfield = new ListInputText(); textfield.addActionListener(this); label.setLabelFor(textfield); // NEW add(textfield); list = new ListInputList(data); list.setVisibleRowCount(4); list.addListSelectionListener(this); scrollPane = new JScrollPane(list); add(scrollPane); } public ListInput(String title, int numCols) { setLayout(null); setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5)); label = new ListInputLabel(title, JLabel.LEFT); add(label); textfield = new ListInputText(numCols); textfield.addActionListener(this); label.setLabelFor(textfield); // NEW add(textfield); list = new ListInputList(); list.setVisibleRowCount(4); list.addListSelectionListener(this); scrollPane = new JScrollPane(list); add(scrollPane); } public void setToolTipText(String text) { super.setToolTipText(text); label.setToolTipText(text); textfield.setToolTipText(text); list.setToolTipText(text); } public void setDisplayedMnemonic(char ch) { label.setDisplayedMnemonic(ch); } public void setSelected(String sel) { list.setSelectedValue(sel, true); textfield.setText(sel); } public String getSelected() { return textfield.getText(); } public void setSelectedInt(int value) { setSelected(Integer.toString(value)); } public int getSelectedInt() { try { return Integer.parseInt(getSelected()); } catch (NumberFormatException ex) { return -1; } } public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) { Object obj = list.getSelectedValue(); if (obj != null) textfield.setText(obj.toString()); } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { ListModel model = list.getModel(); String key = textfield.getText().toLowerCase(); for (int i = 0; i < model.getSize(); i++) { String data = (String) model.getElementAt(i); if (data.toLowerCase().startsWith(key)) { list.setSelectedValue(data, true); break; } } } public void addListSelectionListener(ListSelectionListener lst) { list.addListSelectionListener(lst); } public Dimension getPreferredSize() { Insets ins = getInsets(); Dimension labelSize = label.getPreferredSize(); Dimension textfieldSize = textfield.getPreferredSize(); Dimension scrollPaneSize = scroll.getPreferredSize(); int w = Math.max(Math.max(labelSize.width, textfieldSize.width), scrollPaneSize.width); int h = labelSize.height + textfieldSize.height + scrollPaneSize.height; return new Dimension(w + ins.left + ins.right, h + ins.top + ins.bottom); } public Dimension getMaximumSize() { return getPreferredSize(); } public Dimension getMinimumSize() { return getPreferredSize(); } public void doLayout() { Insets ins = getInsets(); Dimension size = getSize(); int x = ins.left; int y = ins.top; int w = size.width - ins.left - ins.right; int h = size.height - ins.top - ins.bottom; Dimension labelSize = label.getPreferredSize(); label.setBounds(x, y, w, labelSize.height); y += labelSize.height; Dimension textfieldSize = textfield.getPreferredSize(); textfield.setBounds(x, y, w, textfieldSize.height); y += textfieldSize.height; scrollPane.setBounds(x, y, w, h - y); } public void appendResultSet(ResultSet results, int index, boolean toTitleCase) { textfield.setText(""); DefaultListModel model = new DefaultListModel(); try { while (results.next()) { String str = results.getString(index); if (toTitleCase) { str = Character.toUpperCase(str.charAt(0)) + str.substring(1); } model.addElement(str); } } catch (SQLException ex) { System.err.println("appendResultSet: " + ex.toString()); } list.setModel(model); if (model.getSize() > 0) list.setSelectedIndex(0); } class ListInputLabel extends JLabel { public ListInputLabel(String text, int alignment) { super(text, alignment); } public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext() { return ListInput.this.getAccessibleContext(); } } class ListInputText extends JTextField { public ListInputText() { } public ListInputText(int numCols) { super(numCols); } public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext() { return ListInput.this.getAccessibleContext(); } } class ListInputList extends JList { public ListInputList() { } public ListInputList(String[] data) { super(data); } public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext() { return ListInput.this.getAccessibleContext(); } } // Accessibility Support public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext() { if (accessibleContext == null) accessibleContext = new AccessibleOpenList(); return accessibleContext; } protected class AccessibleOpenList extends AccessibleJComponent { public String getAccessibleName() { System.out.println("getAccessibleName: " + accessibleName); if (accessibleName != null) return accessibleName; return label.getText(); } public AccessibleRole getAccessibleRole() { return AccessibleRole.LIST; } } public static void main(String[] a) { String[] fontNames = new String[] { "Roman", "Times Roman" }; ListInput lstFontName = new ListInput(fontNames, "Name:"); lstFontName.setDisplayedMnemonic('n'); lstFontName.setToolTipText("Font name"); JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }); f.getContentPane().add(lstFontName); f.pack(); f.setSize(new Dimension(300, 200)); f.show(); } }