Create Cell renderer for combobox

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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

/*//from  w ww .  ja  v  a2 s .co m
 * CustomComboBoxDemo.java uses the following files:
 *   images/Bird.gif
 *   images/Cat.gif
 *   images/Dog.gif
 *   images/Rabbit.gif
 *   images/Pig.gif
 */
public class CustomComboBoxDemo extends JPanel {
    ImageIcon[] images;
    String[] petStrings = { "Bird", "Cat", "Dog", "Rabbit", "Pig" };

    /*
     * Despite its use of EmptyBorder, this panel makes a fine content
     * pane because the empty border just increases the panel's size
     * and is "painted" on top of the panel's normal background.  In
     * other words, the JPanel fills its entire background if it's
     * opaque (which it is by default); adding a border doesn't change
     * that.
     */
    public CustomComboBoxDemo() {
        super(new BorderLayout());

        //Load the pet images and create an array of indexes.
        images = new ImageIcon[petStrings.length];
        Integer[] intArray = new Integer[petStrings.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < petStrings.length; i++) {
            intArray[i] = new Integer(i);
            images[i] = createImageIcon("images/" + petStrings[i] + ".gif");
            if (images[i] != null) {
                images[i].setDescription(petStrings[i]);
            }
        }

        //Create the combo box.
        JComboBox petList = new JComboBox(intArray);
        ComboBoxRenderer renderer = new ComboBoxRenderer();
        renderer.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 130));
        petList.setRenderer(renderer);
        petList.setMaximumRowCount(3);

        //Lay out the demo.
        add(petList, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
        setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20, 20, 20, 20));
    }

    /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */
    protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
        java.net.URL imgURL = CustomComboBoxDemo.class.getResource(path);
        if (imgURL != null) {
            return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
        } else {
            System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create the GUI and show it.  For thread safety,
     * this method should be invoked from the
     * event-dispatching thread.
     */
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("CustomComboBoxDemo");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Create and set up the content pane.
        JComponent newContentPane = new CustomComboBoxDemo();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
        frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);

        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }

    class ComboBoxRenderer extends JLabel implements ListCellRenderer {
        private Font uhOhFont;

        public ComboBoxRenderer() {
            setOpaque(true);
            setHorizontalAlignment(CENTER);
            setVerticalAlignment(CENTER);
        }

        /*
         * This method finds the image and text corresponding
         * to the selected value and returns the label, set up
         * to display the text and image.
         */
        public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list,
                Object value, int index, boolean isSelected,
                boolean cellHasFocus) {
            //Get the selected index. (The index param isn't
            //always valid, so just use the value.)
            int selectedIndex = ((Integer) value).intValue();

            if (isSelected) {
                setBackground(list.getSelectionBackground());
                setForeground(list.getSelectionForeground());
            } else {
                setBackground(list.getBackground());
                setForeground(list.getForeground());
            }

            //Set the icon and text.  If icon was null, say so.
            ImageIcon icon = images[selectedIndex];
            String pet = petStrings[selectedIndex];
            setIcon(icon);
            if (icon != null) {
                setText(pet);
                setFont(list.getFont());
            } else {
                setUhOhText(pet + " (no image available)", list.getFont());
            }

            return this;
        }

        //Set the font and text when no image was found.
        protected void setUhOhText(String uhOhText, Font normalFont) {
            if (uhOhFont == null) { //lazily create this font
                uhOhFont = normalFont.deriveFont(Font.ITALIC);
            }
            setFont(uhOhFont);
            setText(uhOhText);
        }
    }
}

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Create Cell renderer for combobox - Java Swing

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