Java tutorial
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.DefaultListModel; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JList; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; public class Main { private String[] elements = { "Monday", "Tueday", "Wednesday" }; private JList made_list = new JList(); public Main() { made_list.setModel(new DefaultListModel()); for (String element : elements) { ((DefaultListModel) made_list.getModel()).addElement(element); } JButton removeItemBtn = new JButton("Remove Item"); removeItemBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { removeActionPerformed(e); } }); JPanel panel = new JPanel(); panel.add(new JScrollPane(made_list)); panel.add(removeItemBtn); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, panel); } private void removeActionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { System.out.println("made_list's model: " + made_list.getModel()); System.out.println("Model from a fresh JList: " + new JList().getModel()); DefaultListModel model = (DefaultListModel) made_list.getModel(); if (model.size() > 0) { model.remove(0); } } public static void main(String[] args) { new Main(); } }