JComboBox HTML select JTable editor

I want to use a JComboBox in a JTable cell as editor and renderer. The JComboBox should work just like a HTML select component with a value and a description. When the user changes selection in the JComboBox instead of the description the value should be set as the cell value in the JTable. Can somebody help me with information about how I can do this?
Thanks.

Check out this [url http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=57&thread=478229]example. You store an Object in the cell that contains both the value and description.

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JComboBox remaining selected in JTable

I have yet to figure out how to fix this problem. I have a JTable that is refreshed often with new data from a database (Next and Previous). If I select a JComboBox in the JTable, when I select Next or Previous the box remains selected and the value currently selected remains in there despite the new values from the DB. I know that the JComboBox refreshes correctly unless it is selected.
How do you reset a JComboBox in a JTable so that you can update the JTable with the correct information without having to select something else?
Note: When I hit the last, sometimes second to last, or a blank record, it becomes unselected and refreshes with the correct data. I am running on Win 2K.

Not sure if I understand what you mean:
I have yet to figure out how to fix this problem. I
have a JTable that is refreshed often with new data
from a database (Next and Previous). next/previous are buttons?
If I select a
JComboBox in the JTable, when I select Next or
Previous the box remains selected the combo is still showing inside the table? And by select you mean pressing one of the button?
If that's the situation then the table is still editing - by default it has a combo only as a cellEditor, not as a cellRenderer. So as long as the combo is showing the table did not stop editing - and while editing that particular value shown in the editor is never updated. And though the underlying tableModel is changed by some other event (like the db update) it is changed back to the value as shown in the editor when the editing is stopped some time later... confusing, isn't it?
The way out is version dependent: safest because working in all jdk versions (except on 1.4.0 on the very first edit that ever happens on a table after startup) is to make sure that a possibly editing state of the table is stopped in your all your action handlers:
actionPerformed(..) {
if (table.isEditing()) {
table.getCellEditor().stopCellEditing();
// do your action
That's undesirable for a couple of reasons (like f.i. the independent handlers need a reference back to table), so since 1.4.1 you can force the table to stop editing if the focus is transferred to the outside of the table. (it does not by default you have to set the client property "terminateEditOnFocusLost" to Boolean.TRUE)
Greetings
Jeanette

JComboBox as a cell editor in JTable

Hi,
I've set one of my columns in my table to have a JComboBox as a cell editor. This is fine but my problem is that each row has different values in the JComboBox but when I update each row the column with the JComboBox they all end up with the same values.
All help appreciated,
Thanks,
Lou
// column with JComboBox
TableColumn myCol = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(3);
Vector comboValues = new Vector();
JComboBox myCombo = null;
for (int row = 0; row < tableModel.getRowCount(); row++)
comboValues = new Vector();
if (row == 0)
// code here to add values to comboValues
myCombo = (JComboBox) (((DefaultCellEditor) (table.getCellEditor(row, 3, .getComponent());
myCombo = new JComboBox(comboValues);
myCol.setCellEditor(new DefaultCellEditor(myCombo);
tableModel.fireTableStructureChanged();
tableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
else
// get differnent values for comboValues and update comboValues Vector
myCombo = (JComboBox) (((DefaultCellEditor) (table.getCellEditor(row, 3, .getComponent());
myCombo = new JComboBox(comboValues);
myCol.setCellEditor(new DefaultCellEditor(myCombo);
tableModel.fireTableStructureChanged();
tableModel.fireTableDataChanged();

Remember that you Table API specifies that each cell will use one instance of the specified editor...
Think about that... the same editor is being used for each cell in that column... therefore, setting the
data in the combobox et all will set it for that instance bveing used to edit the cell....
Check out [url http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/table.html#editrender]How to use Tables if in doubt...

Editable JComboBox in a JTable

I posted my problem into the "Java Essentials/Java programming" forum but it would be much better if I'd posted it here into the swing theme :).
Here it is what I posted:
Funky_1321
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editable JComboBox in a JTable
Oct 21, 2006 1:32 PM
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Hello!
Yesterday I posted a problem, solved it and there's another one, referring the same theme.
So it's about a editable JComboBox with autocomplete function. The combo is a JTables cellEditors component. So it's in a table. So when the user presses the enter key to select an item from the JComboBox drop down menu, I can't get which item is it, not even which index has the item in the list. If for exemple the JComboBox isn't in a table but is added on a JPanel, it works fine. So I want to get the selectedItem in the actionPerformed method implemented in the combo box. I always get null instead of the item.
Oh... if user picks up some item in the JComboBox-s list with the mouse, it's working fine but I want that it could be picked up with the enter key.
Any solutions appreciated!
Thanks, Tilen
YAT_Archivist
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Re: editable JComboBox in a JTable
Oct 21, 2006 1:55 PM (reply 1 of 2)
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I suggest that you distill your current code into a simple class which has the following attributes:
1. It can be copied and pasted and will compile straight out.
2. It has a main method which brings up a simple example frame.
3. It's no more than 50 lines long.
4. It demonstrates accurately what you've currently got working.
Without that it's hard to know exactly what you're currently doing, and requires a significant investment of time for someone who hasn't already solved this problem before to attempt to help. I'm not saying that you won't get help if you don't post a simple demo class, but it will significantly improve your chances.
Funky_1321
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Re: editable JComboBox in a JTable
Oct 21, 2006 2:11 PM (reply 2 of 2)
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Okay ... I'll write the code in short format:
class acJComboBox extends JComboBox {
public acJComboBox() {
    this.setEditable(true);
    this.setSelectedItem("");
    this.getEditor().getEditorComponent().addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() { public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
     // ... code code code
     // that's tricky ... the method getSelectedItem() always returns null - remember; the acJComboBox is in a JTable!
     if (e.getKeyCode() == 10 && new String((String)getEditor().getItem()).length() != 0) { getEditor().setItem(getSelectedItem()); }
}And something more ... adding the acJComboBox into the JTable:
TableColumn column = someTable.getColumn(0);
column.setCellEditor(new DefaultCellEditor(new acJComboBox());
So if the user presses the enter key to pick up an item in the combo box drop down menu, it should set the editors item to the selected item from the drop down menu (
getEditor().setItem(getSelectedItem());
When the acJComboBox is on a usual JPanel, it does fine, but if it's in the JTable, it doesn't (getSelectedItem() always returns null).
Hope I described the problem well now ;).

Okay look ... I couldn't write a shorter code just for an example. I thought that my problem could be understoodable just in mind. However ... type in the first combo box the letter "i" and then select some item from the list with pressing the enter key. Do the same in the 2nd combo box who's in the JTable ... the user just can't select that way if the same combo is in the JTable. Why? Thanks alot for future help!
the code:
import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;
class Example extends JFrame {
    private String[] columns = { "1", "2", "3" };
    private String[][] rows = {};
    private DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(rows, columns);
    private JTable table = new JTable(model);
    private JScrollPane jsp = new JScrollPane(table);
    private acJComboBox jcb1 = new acJComboBox();
    private acJComboBox jcb2 = new acJComboBox();
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        // initialize JFrame
        this.setLayout(null);
        this.setLocation(150, 30);
        this.setSize(300, 300);
        this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        // initialize JFrame
        // initialize components
        Vector<String> v1 = new Vector<String>();
        v1.add("item1");
        v1.add("item2");
        v1.add("item3");
        jcb1.setData(v1);
        jcb2.setData(v1);
        jcb1.setBounds(30, 30, 120, 20);
        jsp.setBounds(30, 70, 250, 100);
        add(jcb1);
        add(jsp);
        TableColumn column = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(0);
        column.setCellEditor(new DefaultCellEditor(jcb2));
        Object[] data = { "", "", "" };
        model.addRow(data);
        // initialize components
        this.setVisible(true);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Example comboIssue = new Example();
class acJComboBox extends JComboBox {
    private Vector<String> data = new Vector<String>();
    private void init() {
        this.setEditable(true);
        this.setSelectedItem("");
        this.setData(this.data);
        this.getEditor().getEditorComponent().addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() { public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
                    if (e.getKeyCode() != 38 && e.getKeyCode() != 40) {
                        String a = getEditor().getItem().toString();
                        setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel());
                        int st = 0;
                        for (int i = 0; i < getData().size(); i++) {
                            String str1 = a.toUpperCase();
                            String tmp = (String)getData().get(i).toUpperCase();
                            if (str1.length() <= tmp.length()) {
                                String str2 = tmp.substring(0, str1.length());
                                if (str1.equals(str2)) {
                                    DefaultComboBoxModel model = (DefaultComboBoxModel)getModel();
                                    model.insertElementAt(getData().get(i), getItemCount());
                                    st++;
                        getEditor().setItem(new String(a));
                        JTextField jtf = (JTextField)e.getSource();
                        jtf.setCaretPosition(jtf.getDocument().getLength());
                        hidePopup();
                        if (st != 0 && e.getKeyCode() != 10 && new String((String)getEditor().getItem()).length() != 0) { showPopup(); }
                        if (e.getKeyCode() == 10 && new String((String)getEditor().getItem()).length() != 0) { getSelectedItem(); }
                        if (new String((String)getEditor().getItem()).length() == 0) { whenEmpty(); }
        this.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() { public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
            hidePopup();
    // - constructors -
    public acJComboBox() {
        init();
    public acJComboBox(Vector<String> data) {
        this.data = data;
        init();
    // - constructors -
    // - interface -
    public void whenEmpty() { } // implement if needed
    public void setData(Vector<String> data) {
        this.data = data;
        for (int i = 0; i < data.size(); i++) {
            this.addItem(data.get(i));
    public Vector<String> getData() {
        return this.data;
    // - interface -
}

Handling Data in JComboBox added to JTable using Rendrers

Hi All,
I have 3 columns with JCombobox with in a table.I have used Rendrers and Editors for handling them.
Issue:
In table,3 columns droplist have some values populated initially.When i change item in Column1 Droplist in row 0 ,then i have to dynamically populate values in to Column2 Droplist in "row 0 only".But i see the whole column2 Droplists are populated with the same values as in row0 which should not happen.Each row values should be independent of the other.
My Implementation:
Editor Calss:
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// All the default editor method ovverriden here
Please help me out in fixing this issue.
Thanks in advance.
cheers,
sharath

Maybe this is what you are looking for:
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The html select box option is not getting displayed properly in IE11
I have developed a website that has a select box drop down. The select box drop down is getting displayed properly in IE9. But in IE11, if I am selecting any option apart from the first one, the whole select box option is getting moved up in the page.
In IE11, if option 2 is selected, then the select options is getting moved up. But in IE9, if option 2 is selected, then the select options is getting displayed properly.
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Sorry but I am unable to upload images as this site is throwing some error

Hi Kevin Shen,
Thanks for post.
I tried above code in ie 11(version 11.0.9600.17633).
But it is not working. If you select option 2, and open select box then it open on the select box.
It should open below the select box.
Code for above:-
<select>
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
<option>3</option>
</select>
Sorry I could not attach screen shot. We have normal select box with three options. If we select option 2, it is showing option list on the select box. It is coming below the select box in ie 10 and other browse like chrome.
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<html:select property="tblAssociateDetailsVisaType">
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           </c:otherwise>
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    </c:forEach>
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thanks,
Walter

sigh.
Another user mixing up JAVA and javaSCRIPT.
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hi,
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here the listTotal is the total of the combo and listValue is the individual combo
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     return myLabel;
     public void setMyLabel(String myLabel)
     this.myLabel = myLabel;
And i m setting the values in the action class
          ArrayList listTotal = new ArrayList(1);
          ArrayList listValues = new ArrayList();
          listValues.add(new LabelValueBean("k1", "Value1"));
          listValues.add(new LabelValueBean("k2", "Value2"));
          listValues.add(new LabelValueBean("k3", "value3"));
          listTotal.add(listValues);
          listValues = new ArrayList();
          listValues.add(new LabelValueBean("l1", "Value4"));
          listValues.add(new LabelValueBean("l2", "Value5"));
          listValues.add(new LabelValueBean("l3", "value6"));
          listTotal.add(listValues);
          listValues = new ArrayList();
          listValues.add(new LabelValueBean("m1", "Value7"));
          listValues.add(new LabelValueBean("m2", "Value8"));
          listValues.add(new LabelValueBean("m3", "value9"));
          listTotal.add(listValues);
          employeeForm.setListTotal(listTotal);
jsp code
<logic:iterate id="listValues" name="EmployeeForm" property="listTotal" indexId="index">
<tr><td>
<html:select property="myLabel" >
<html:options collection="listValues" labelProperty="label" property="value"/>
</html:select>
</logic:iterate>

hi,
instead of having it as a array i thought of going for an array list so that the manipulation would be much easier. ok here is my code.
    //This is the array list for names of the drop downs.
    private ArrayList selectedList;
    public ArrayList getSelectedList()
        return selectedList;
    public void setSelectedList(ArrayList pselectedList)
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    public ListValueVO getSelected(int index)
       return (ListValueVO) selectedList.get(index);
    }I have already mentioned in my previous posts that i have 3 lists in my form bean. One list for individual combo box. Another list for total number of combo boxes. The third list for the names of the combo boxes. Pls let me know whether i m going in the correct direction or not.

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