Here you can find the source of getComboBoxText(JComboBox comboBox)
@Deprecated public static String getComboBoxText(JComboBox comboBox)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from ww w. ja v a 2 s.c om*/ * "BSLib", Brainstorm Library. * Copyright (C) 2017 by Sergey V. Zhdanovskih. * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent; public class Main { @Deprecated public static String getComboBoxText(JComboBox comboBox) { return ((JTextComponent) comboBox.getEditor().getEditorComponent()).getText(); // String item = box.getEditor().getItem().toString(); // comboBox.getSelectedItem(); } }