Why doesn't this jComboBox.setSelectedItem() work?

Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.help
Date	2012-11-29 12:12 -0800
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Subject	Why doesn't this jComboBox.setSelectedItem() work?
From	kedward777@gmail.com

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Hello, The problem I have is this: I add a list of items to my jcombobox, I then setSelectedItem to one of the items, BUT the combox box always goes to the first item. It seems to ignore the item I am saying to set as the selected item.

THIS DOESN'T WORK:
        Vector model = new Vector();
        Employee myItem = new Employee(1118,"me8");
        
        model.addElement(new Employee(1112, "me2" ));
        model.addElement(new Employee(1113, "me3" ));
        model.addElement(new Employee(1114, "me4" ));
        model.addElement(myItem);
        model.addElement(new Employee(1115, "me5" ));
        
        jComboBox1.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(model));
       
        Employee myItem2 = new Employee(1118,"me8");
       jComboBox1.setSelectedItem(myItem2);


THIS DOES WORK:
        Vector model = new Vector();
        Employee myItem = new Employee(1118,"me8");
        
        model.addElement(new Employee(1112, "me2" ));
        model.addElement(new Employee(1113, "me3" ));
        model.addElement(new Employee(1114, "me4" ));
        model.addElement(myItem);
        model.addElement(new Employee(1115, "me5" ));
        
        jComboBox1.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(model));
       
       jComboBox1.setSelectedItem(myItem);

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Why doesn't this jComboBox.setSelectedItem() work? kedward777@gmail.com - 2012-11-29 12:12 -0800
  Re: Why doesn't this jComboBox.setSelectedItem() work? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-11-29 12:20 -0800
  Re: Why doesn't this jComboBox.setSelectedItem() work? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-11-30 11:33 +0100
  Re: Why doesn't this jComboBox.setSelectedItem() work? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-11-30 18:16 -0800
  Re: Why doesn't this jComboBox.setSelectedItem() work? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-11-30 18:52 -0800

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