Java JCheckBox handle action event
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.AbstractButton; import javax.swing.JCheckBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("CheckBox"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JCheckBox checkBox = new JCheckBox("CSS"); ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { AbstractButton abstractButton = (AbstractButton) actionEvent.getSource(); boolean selected = abstractButton.getModel().isSelected(); System.out.println(selected); }/*from w w w . ja v a 2 s . com*/ }; checkBox.addActionListener(actionListener); frame.add(checkBox); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } }