Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.ItemSelectable; import java.awt.event.ItemEvent; import java.awt.event.ItemListener; 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); ItemListener itemListener = new ItemListener() { public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent itemEvent) { int state = itemEvent.getStateChange(); String stateString = ((state == ItemEvent.SELECTED) ? "Selected" : "Deselected"); System.out.println("Item: " + itemEvent.getItem()); System.out.println(", State: " + stateString); ItemSelectable is = itemEvent.getItemSelectable(); System.out.println(", Selected: " + selectedString(is)); } }; comboBox.addItemListener(itemListener); 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]); } }