Selecting JList item with the spacebar

Question

i have a class that extends JList, and my JList is a list of checkboxes. I would like to move to a checkbox with the arrow keys, check a checkbox with the spacebar, or uncheck it if the spacebar is pressed again. it should only select/deselect the certain checkbox and have no effect on the others. is there a way to do this?
thanks :)

Answer 1

okay, i figured this out myself... not too hard :) if there is a more efficient way, let me know.
addKeyListener(new KeyListener() {
              public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
               if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_SPACE){
                    int index = getLeadSelectionIndex();
                    if (index != -1) {
                                 JCheckBox checkbox = (JCheckBox)getModel().getElementAt(index);
                                 checkbox.setSelected(!checkbox.isSelected());
                                 checkbox.setBackground(checkbox.isSelected() ? getSelectionBackground() : Color.white);
                                 repaint();
              public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e){}
              public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e){}
        });