Editable JCombobox - bug in 10.1.3

Question

Hi I have a JComboBox bound to a ADF view object
JComboBox cbo = new JComboBox();
cbo.setEditable(true);
cbo.setModel((ComboBoxModel)panelBinding.bindUIControl("PortfolioView1", cbo));
When I type in additional data in the combobox (its editable) and hit a "Search" button I was expected to get the newly entered value in the
cbo.getSelectedItem() method
This does not work though - I get the PortefolieViewRow object instead. When I instead use
((JUMultiAttrListEditor)cbo.getEditor()).getItem())
I get null.
Creating a non ADF bound combobox work fine - the getSelectedItem() return either my selection or the newly typed in value
It clearly a bug - but is anyone aware of a workaround?
:-) johnny

Answer 1

Hi Frank
I'm using editable comboboxes to lookup values based on a VO list. I'm aware that the entered values are not inserted in the list - this is expected.
So I create a VO, drag it as a combobox to a Swing panel. The combobox is made editable so that I can type in info in the combobox.
I then have a JButton that, when pressed get the value of the combobox and performs a search in the database. I use the combobox.getSelectedItem() method to get its value - this step does not work though.
The values in the combobox is either a value the user has written (because the field is editable) or a value from the VO.
The Combobox is not directly bound the the search button only as a lookup facility so that the user either can type in some text or select it from a list
hope this clarified my context
:-) johnny