Java tutorial
import java.awt.GridLayout; import javax.swing.ComboBoxModel; import javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JPanel gui = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1, 5, 5)); String[] speciesName = { "1", "2", "3" }; String[][] breedName = { { "A", "P", "A" }, { "B", "P", "S" }, { "DDo", "A", "P" } }; JComboBox<String> petSpecies = new JComboBox<>(speciesName); JComboBox<String> petBreed = new JComboBox<>(); petSpecies.addItemListener(e -> { int ii = petSpecies.getSelectedIndex(); ComboBoxModel cbm = new DefaultComboBoxModel(breedName[ii]); petBreed.setModel(cbm); petBreed.requestFocusInWindow(); }); gui.add(petSpecies); gui.add(petBreed); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, gui); } }