JComboBox listener problem

Question

Hi all,
I have following problem, i use combobox and i need to write listener for selecting item.
But both ActionListener and ItemListener are unusable for me, because i dont know how to differ between selecting item when combobox is poped up.
I dont want to react on going thru items in popup, but only to FINAL select of button.
Please Help.
Mathew, HSIGP

Answer 1

     This works on non editable combo boxes
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
public class ComboBoxAction extends JFrame implements ActionListener
     JComboBox comboBox;
     public ComboBoxAction()
          comboBox = new JComboBox();
          comboBox.addActionListener( this );
          comboBox.addItem( "Item 1" );
          comboBox.addItem( "Item 2" );
          comboBox.addItem( "Item 3" );
          comboBox.addItem( "Item 4" );
          //  This prevents action events from being fired when the
          //  up/down arrow keys are used on the dropdown menu
          comboBox.putClientProperty("JComboBox.isTableCellEditor", Boolean.TRUE);
          getContentPane().add( comboBox );
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          System.out.println( comboBox.getSelectedItem() );
          //  make sure popup is closed when 'isTableCellEditor' is used
          comboBox.hidePopup();
     public static void main(String[] args)
          final ComboBoxAction frame = new ComboBoxAction();
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
          frame.pack();
          frame.setVisible( true );
}