Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.AbstractButton; import javax.swing.ButtonModel; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent; import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener; public class SelectingButton { public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Selecting Button"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JButton theButton = new JButton("Button"); ActionListener aListener = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) { AbstractButton aButton = (AbstractButton) event.getSource(); boolean selected = aButton.getModel().isSelected(); System.out.println("Action - selected=" + selected + "\n"); } }; ChangeListener cListener = new ChangeListener() { public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent event) { AbstractButton aButton = (AbstractButton) event.getSource(); ButtonModel aModel = aButton.getModel(); boolean armed = aModel.isArmed(); boolean pressed = aModel.isPressed(); boolean selected = aModel.isSelected(); System.out.println("Changed: " + armed + "/" + pressed + "/" + selected); } }; theButton.addActionListener(aListener); theButton.addChangeListener(cListener); Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane(); contentPane.add(theButton, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } }