Java JComboBox Selection selectStringInList(String string, JComboBox list)

Description

Select an item in a JComboBox given an items string value

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	string to select in list
list	list

Declaration

public static void selectStringInList(String string, JComboBox list) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from ww w .ja  va 2  s.  c o  m
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*
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import javax.swing.JComboBox;

import javax.swing.JList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Select an item in a {@link JList} given an items string value
     * 
     * @param string string to select in list
     * @param list list
     */
    public static void selectStringInList(String string, JList list) {
        for (int i = 0; i < list.getModel().getSize(); i++) {
            if (String.valueOf(list.getModel().getElementAt(i)).equals(string)) {
                list.setSelectedIndex(i);
                return;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Select an item in a {@link JComboBox} given an items string value
     * 
     * @param string string to select in list
     * @param list list
     */
    public static void selectStringInList(String string, JComboBox list) {
        for (int i = 0; i < list.getModel().getSize(); i++) {
            if (String.valueOf(list.getModel().getElementAt(i)).equals(string)) {
                list.setSelectedIndex(i);
                return;
            }
        }
    }
}

Related

1. getSelectedName(JComboBox comboBox)
2. getSelectedString(JComboBox jcb)
3. getTypedSelectedItemFromCombo(JComboBox combo)
4. safeSelectFirst(JComboBox cb)
5. selectComboBoxItem(JComboBox jComboBox, String name)
6. selectWithoutNotifyingListeners(JComboBox comboBox, int selectedIndex)
7. setComboSelection(JComboBox cb, String sel)
8. setComboxSelectItem(JComboBox cb, String s)
9. setListData(final JComboBox box, final Collection items, final E selected)