How can I get a match text effect in a Choice

Question

How can I get a match text effect in a Choice; I mean, for instance, that if a type a "p" the first choice item that begins with a "p" should be automatically selected

Answer 1

Here is a pretty simple example. Keep in mind that I am coverting all comparison characters to UpperCase. If you allow LowerCase characters in you Choice items then remove the appropriate Character.toUpperCase() calls.
Hope this helps
Mike
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class TestApplet extends Applet implements KeyListener {
     private Choice choice;
     public void init()
          setLayout(new FlowLayout());
          choice = new Choice();
          choice.add("Aaron");
          choice.add("Adam");
          choice.add("David");
          choice.add("Mike");
          choice.addKeyListener(this);
          add(choice);
     public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
          int current = choice.getSelectedIndex();
          int x = 0;
          char c = Character.toUpperCase(e.getKeyChar());
          while(x<choice.getItemCount()) {
               if(c == Character.toUpperCase(choice.getItem(x).charAt(0))) {
                    current = x;
                    break;
               x++;
          choice.select(current);
     public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) { }
     public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) { }
}