Java tutorial
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); String labels[] = { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J" }; JComboBox<String> comboBox = new JComboBox<>(labels); comboBox.setEditable(true); comboBox.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { boolean found = false; @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { String s = (String) comboBox.getSelectedItem(); for (int i = 0; i < comboBox.getItemCount(); i++) { if (comboBox.getItemAt(i).toString().equals(s)) { found = true; break; } } if (!found) { System.out.println("Added: " + s); comboBox.addItem(s); } found = false; } }); frame.add(comboBox); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } }