Java tutorial
/* Java Swing, 2nd Edition By Marc Loy, Robert Eckstein, Dave Wood, James Elliott, Brian Cole ISBN: 0-596-00408-7 Publisher: O'Reilly */ // SimpleList2.java //A variation on SimpleList. This version modifies the selection model used. // import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JList; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel; import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent; import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener; public class Main extends JPanel { String label[] = { "Zero", "One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six", "Seven", "Eight", "Nine", "Ten", "Eleven" }; JList list; public Main() { setLayout(new BorderLayout()); list = new JList(label); JButton button = new JButton("Print"); JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(list); DefaultListSelectionModel m = new DefaultListSelectionModel(); m.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION); m.setLeadAnchorNotificationEnabled(false); list.setSelectionModel(m); list.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener() { public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) { System.out.println(e.toString()); } }); button.addActionListener(new PrintListener()); add(pane, BorderLayout.NORTH); add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH); } public static void main(String s[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("List Example"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setContentPane(new Main()); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } // An inner class to respond to clicks on the Print button class PrintListener implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { int selected[] = list.getSelectedIndices(); System.out.println("Selected Elements: "); for (int i = 0; i < selected.length; i++) { String element = (String) list.getModel().getElementAt(selected[i]); System.out.println(" " + element); } } } }