Marker and line styles as a choice in drop down menu

Question

Is it possible to create a drop down choice menu(Choice xyz = new Choice(); ) in java AWT which has line styles or marker styles (no text)( basically these things are required to edit the graph) as choice options?

Answer 1

/*  <applet code="ChoiceTest" width="400" height="400"></applet>
*  use: >appletviewer ChoiceTest.java
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class ChoiceTest extends Applet
    ChoiceGraphicsPanel graphicsPanel;
    Choice choice;
    Checkbox rows, cols;
    String[] colorNames;
    public void init()
        graphicsPanel = new ChoiceGraphicsPanel();
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        add(getChoicePanel(), "North");
        add(graphicsPanel);
    private Panel getChoicePanel()
        rows = new Checkbox("rows", true);
        cols = new Checkbox("cols", false);
        colorNames = new String[] {
            "red", "green", "blue", "orange"
        choice = new Choice();
        for(int j = 0; j < colorNames.length; j++)
            choice.add(colorNames[j]);
        choice.addItemListener(new ChoiceListener());
        Panel panel = new Panel();
        ((FlowLayout)panel.getLayout()).setHgap(35);
        panel.add(choice);
        panel.add(rows);
        panel.add(cols);
        return panel;
    private class ChoiceListener implements ItemListener
        Color[] colors = {
            Color.red, Color.green.darker(), Color.blue, Color.orange
        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
            if(e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED)
                int index = choice.getSelectedIndex();
                Color color = colors[index];
                if(rows.getState())
                    graphicsPanel.setRowColor(color);
                if(cols.getState())
                    graphicsPanel.setColColor(color);
    public static void main(String[] args)
        Applet applet = new ChoiceTest();
        final Frame f = new Frame();
        f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
                f.dispose();
                System.exit(0);
        f.add(applet);
        f.setSize(400,400);
        f.setLocation(200,200);
        applet.init();
        f.setVisible(true);
class ChoiceGraphicsPanel extends Panel
    int rows, cols;
    Color rowColor, colColor;
    public ChoiceGraphicsPanel()
        rows = 4;
        cols = 4;
        rowColor = Color.red;
        colColor = Color.blue;
    public void paint(Graphics g)
        super.paint(g);
        Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
        g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
                            RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
        int w = getWidth();
        int h = getHeight();
        int xInc = w/cols;
        int yInc = h/rows;
        int y = 0;
        g2.setPaint(rowColor);
        for(int j = 0; j < rows; j++)
            g2.drawLine(0, y, w, y);
            y += yInc;
        int x = xInc;
        g2.setPaint(colColor);
        for(int j = 0; j < cols - 1; j++)
            g2.drawLine(x, 0, x, h);
            x += xInc;
    public void setRowColor(Color color)
        rowColor = color;
        repaint();
    public void setColColor(Color color)
        colColor = color;
        repaint();
}