Java JCheckBox extend to create custom JCheckBox
import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter; import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; import javax.swing.DefaultListCellRenderer; import javax.swing.DefaultListModel; import javax.swing.JCheckBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JList; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel; import javax.swing.UIManager; import javax.swing.border.Border; import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder; public class Main extends JFrame { public Main() { super(""); setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setLayout(new FlowLayout()); CheckBoxList list = new CheckBoxList(); DefaultListModel model = (DefaultListModel)list.getModel(); model.addElement(new CheckBoxListEntry("CSS", true)); model.addElement(new CheckBoxListEntry("HTML", true)); model.addElement(new CheckBoxListEntry("Java", false)); model.addElement(new CheckBoxListEntry("Javascript", true)); /* ww w . j a va2 s . c om*/ getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(list)); } public static void main(String[] args) { Main frame = new Main(); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } } class CheckBoxList extends JList { public CheckBoxList() { super(); setModel(new DefaultListModel()); setCellRenderer(new CheckboxCellRenderer()); addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() { @Override public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { int index = locationToIndex(e.getPoint()); if (index != -1) { Object obj = getModel().getElementAt(index); if (obj instanceof JCheckBox) { JCheckBox checkbox = (JCheckBox) obj; checkbox.setSelected(!checkbox.isSelected()); repaint(); } } } } ); setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION); } @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public int[] getCheckedIdexes() { java.util.List list = new java.util.ArrayList(); DefaultListModel dlm = (DefaultListModel) getModel(); for (int i = 0; i < dlm.size(); ++i) { Object obj = getModel().getElementAt(i); if (obj instanceof JCheckBox) { JCheckBox checkbox = (JCheckBox) obj; if (checkbox.isSelected()) { list.add(new Integer(i)); } } } int[] indexes = new int[list.size()]; for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); ++i) { indexes[i] = ((Integer) list.get(i)).intValue(); } return indexes; } @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public java.util.List getCheckedItems() { java.util.List list = new java.util.ArrayList(); DefaultListModel dlm = (DefaultListModel) getModel(); for (int i = 0; i < dlm.size(); ++i) { Object obj = getModel().getElementAt(i); if (obj instanceof JCheckBox) { JCheckBox checkbox = (JCheckBox) obj; if (checkbox.isSelected()) { list.add(checkbox); } } } return list; } } class CheckboxCellRenderer extends DefaultListCellRenderer { protected static Border noFocusBorder = new EmptyBorder(1, 1, 1, 1); public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) { if (value instanceof CheckBoxListEntry) { CheckBoxListEntry checkbox = (CheckBoxListEntry) value; checkbox.setBackground(isSelected ? list.getSelectionBackground() : list.getBackground()); if (checkbox.isRed()) { checkbox.setForeground(Color.red); } else { checkbox.setForeground(isSelected ? list.getSelectionForeground() : list.getForeground()); } checkbox.setEnabled(isEnabled()); checkbox.setFont(getFont()); checkbox.setFocusPainted(false); checkbox.setBorderPainted(true); checkbox.setBorder(isSelected ? UIManager.getBorder("List.focusCellHighlightBorder") : noFocusBorder); return checkbox; } else { return super.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value.getClass().getName(), index, isSelected, cellHasFocus); } } } class CheckBoxListEntry extends JCheckBox { private Object value = null; private boolean red = false; public CheckBoxListEntry(Object itemValue, boolean selected) { super(itemValue == null ? "" : "" + itemValue, selected); setValue(itemValue); } public boolean isSelected() { return super.isSelected(); } public void setSelected(boolean selected) { super.setSelected(selected); } public Object getValue() { return value; } public void setValue(Object value) { this.value = value; } public boolean isRed() { return red; } public void setRed(boolean red) { this.red = red; } }