Java AWT ItemListener handle item selection event on JComboBox
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.ItemEvent; import java.awt.event.ItemListener; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main extends JFrame { public Main() { setSize(450, 350);//w w w.j a v a 2s . co m this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JPanel comboPanel = new JPanel(); String[] langs = { "CSS", "HTML", "Java" , "Javascript", "C", "C++" , "Ruby"}; JComboBox<String> combo = new JComboBox<>(langs); combo.setMaximumRowCount(3); combo.addItemListener(new ItemListener() { public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) { System.out.println("Combo: " + combo.getSelectedItem()); } }); combo.setSelectedIndex(1); comboPanel.add(combo); getContentPane().add(comboPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH); } public static void main(String[] args) { Main that = new Main(); that.setVisible(true); } }