Java JList Select selectByTyping(javax.swing.JList list, javax.swing.JTextField textfield)

Description

This method selects the first entry in the JList list that start with the text that is entered in the filter-textfield textfield .

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
list	the JList where the item should be selected
textfield	the related filtertextfield that contains the user-input

Declaration

public static void selectByTyping(javax.swing.JList list, javax.swing.JTextField textfield) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import javax.swing.ListModel;

public class Main {
    /**
     * This method selects the first entry in the JList {@code list} that start with the
     * text that is entered in the filter-textfield {@code textfield}.
     *
     * @param list the JList where the item should be selected
     * @param textfield the related filtertextfield that contains the user-input
     */
    public static void selectByTyping(javax.swing.JList list, javax.swing.JTextField textfield) {
        String text = textfield.getText().toLowerCase();
        ListModel lm = list.getModel();
        for (int cnt = 0; cnt < lm.getSize(); cnt++) {
            String val = lm.getElementAt(cnt).toString();
            if (val.toLowerCase().startsWith(text)) {
                list.setSelectedIndex(cnt);
                list.ensureIndexIsVisible(cnt);
                // and leave method
                return;
            }
        }
    }
}

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