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Re: Need example how to use events with a jcombobox

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On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 4:00:37 PM UTC-5, markspace wrote:
> On 12/18/2012 11:20 AM,  wrote:
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> > Can you show me a code example how I would allow the user to "tap
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> > into" the jcombobox, and enter 3 characters of a name, and then have
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> > that fire an event
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> Eric's outline looks good to me.  (I also haven't implemented such a 
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> request.)  In general the "editable combobox" example in Oracle's 
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> tutorial will show you how to look up items in your combobox.
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> <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/combobox.html>
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> However the requirement for "three or more characters" is probably going 
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> to require you to use the underlying document as Eric proposes.  Swing 
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> events usually aren't that fine grained, and you have to dig down to a 
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> lower level component to get that kind of information out (and thus fire 
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> an event when it happens).


Thank you Gentlemen,

I really didn't think it would be that difficult. Is there another approach that is well documented and more easily implemented? I can't believe this hasn't been done before(?)

Ken

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Need example how to use events with a  jcombobox kedward777@gmail.com - 2012-12-18 11:20 -0800
  Re: Need example how to use events with a  jcombobox Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-12-18 15:17 -0500
    Re: Need example how to use events with a  jcombobox Gunter Herrmann <notformail0106@earthlink.net> - 2012-12-18 17:40 -0500
  Re: Need example how to use events with a  jcombobox markspace <-@.> - 2012-12-18 13:00 -0800
    Re: Need example how to use events with a  jcombobox kedward777@gmail.com - 2012-12-18 13:23 -0800
      Re: Need example how to use events with a  jcombobox markspace <-@.> - 2012-12-18 13:40 -0800
        Re: Need example how to use events with a  jcombobox Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-12-18 17:01 -0500

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