JComboBox: adding automatic completion-Pressing backspace at the beginning
//Code from: http://www.orbital-computer.de/JComboBox/
/*
Inside JComboBox: adding automatic completion
Author: Thomas Bierhance
thomas@orbital-computer.de
*/
/*
You might have noticed two remaining bugs: Pressing backspace at the beginning (e.g. when
the complete text is highlighted) results in an IllegalArgumentException. Another
inconvenience is that when the cursor is positioned on the end pressing backspace extends the
selection to the last two characters not only to the last one. To solve this we also need to
know if something was selected when the user hit backspace. Another variable to indicate this
is introduced and the KeyListener and the remove method are modified accordingly. I also
chose to ignore the deletion key...
editor.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
if (comboBox.isDisplayable()) comboBox.setPopupVisible(true);
hitBackspace=false;
switch (e.getKeyCode()) {
// determine if the pressed key is backspace (needed by the remove method)
case KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SPACE :
hitBackspace=true;
hitBackspaceOnSelection=editor.getSelectionStart()!=editor.getSelectionEnd();
break;
// ignore delete key
case KeyEvent.VK_DELETE :
e.consume();
UIManager.getLookAndFeel().provideErrorFeedback(comboBox);
break;
}
}
});
public void remove(int offs, int len) throws BadLocationException {
// return immediately when selecting an item
if (selecting) return;
if (hitBackspace) {
// user hit backspace => move the selection backwards
// old item keeps being selected
if (offs>0) {
if (hitBackspaceOnSelection) offs--;
} else {
// User hit backspace with the cursor positioned on the start => beep
UIManager.getLookAndFeel().provideErrorFeedback(comboBox);
}
highlightCompletedText(offs);
} else {
super.remove(offs, len);
}
}
*/
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
public class S15WorkingBackspace extends PlainDocument {
JComboBox comboBox;
ComboBoxModel model;
JTextComponent editor;
// flag to indicate if setSelectedItem has been called
// subsequent calls to remove/insertString should be ignored
boolean selecting=false;
boolean hidePopupOnFocusLoss;
boolean hitBackspace=false;
boolean hitBackspaceOnSelection;
public S15WorkingBackspace(final JComboBox comboBox) {
this.comboBox = comboBox;
model = comboBox.getModel();
editor = (JTextComponent) comboBox.getEditor().getEditorComponent();
editor.setDocument(this);
comboBox.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (!selecting) highlightCompletedText(0);
}
});
editor.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
if (comboBox.isDisplayable()) comboBox.setPopupVisible(true);
hitBackspace=false;
switch (e.getKeyCode()) {
// determine if the pressed key is backspace (needed by the remove method)
case KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SPACE : hitBackspace=true;
hitBackspaceOnSelection=editor.getSelectionStart()!=editor.getSelectionEnd();
break;
// ignore delete key
case KeyEvent.VK_DELETE : e.consume();
comboBox.getToolkit().beep();
break;
}
}
});
// Bug 5100422 on Java 1.5: Editable JComboBox won't hide popup when tabbing out
hidePopupOnFocusLoss=System.getProperty("java.version").startsWith("1.5");
// Highlight whole text when gaining focus
editor.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() {
public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
highlightCompletedText(0);
}
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
// Workaround for Bug 5100422 - Hide Popup on focus loss
if (hidePopupOnFocusLoss) comboBox.setPopupVisible(false);
}
});
// Handle initially selected object
Object selected = comboBox.getSelectedItem();
if (selected!=null) setText(selected.toString());
highlightCompletedText(0);
}
public void remove(int offs, int len) throws BadLocationException {
// return immediately when selecting an item
if (selecting) return;
if (hitBackspace) {
// user hit backspace => move the selection backwards
// old item keeps being selected
if (offs>0) {
if (hitBackspaceOnSelection) offs--;
} else {
// User hit backspace with the cursor positioned on the start => beep
comboBox.getToolkit().beep(); // when available use: UIManager.getLookAndFeel().provideErrorFeedback(comboBox);
}
highlightCompletedText(offs);
} else {
super.remove(offs, len);
}
}
public void insertString(int offs, String str, AttributeSet a) throws BadLocationException {
// return immediately when selecting an item
if (selecting) return;
// insert the string into the document
super.insertString(offs, str, a);
// lookup and select a matching item
Object item = lookupItem(getText(0, getLength()));
if (item != null) {
setSelectedItem(item);
} else {
// keep old item selected if there is no match
item = comboBox.getSelectedItem();
// imitate no insert (later on offs will be incremented by str.length(): selection won't move forward)
offs = offs-str.length();
// provide feedback to the user that his input has been received but can not be accepted
comboBox.getToolkit().beep(); // when available use: UIManager.getLookAndFeel().provideErrorFeedback(comboBox);
}
setText(item.toString());
// select the completed part
highlightCompletedText(offs+str.length());
}
private void setText(String text) {
try {
// remove all text and insert the completed string
super.remove(0, getLength());
super.insertString(0, text, null);
} catch (BadLocationException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e.toString());
}
}
private void highlightCompletedText(int start) {
editor.setCaretPosition(getLength());
editor.moveCaretPosition(start);
}
private void setSelectedItem(Object item) {
selecting = true;
model.setSelectedItem(item);
selecting = false;
}
private Object lookupItem(String pattern) {
Object selectedItem = model.getSelectedItem();
// only search for a different item if the currently selected does not match
if (selectedItem != null && startsWithIgnoreCase(selectedItem.toString(), pattern)) {
return selectedItem;
} else {
// iterate over all items
for (int i=0, n=model.getSize(); i < n; i++) {
Object currentItem = model.getElementAt(i);
// current item starts with the pattern?
if (startsWithIgnoreCase(currentItem.toString(), pattern)) return currentItem;
}
}
// no item starts with the pattern => return null
return null;
}
// checks if str1 starts with str2 - ignores case
private boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(String str1, String str2) {
return str1.toUpperCase().startsWith(str2.toUpperCase());
}
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
// the combo box (add/modify items if you like to)
JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(new Object[] {"Ester", "Jordi", "Jordina", "Jorge", "Sergi"});
// has to be editable
comboBox.setEditable(true);
// change the editor's document
new S15WorkingBackspace(comboBox);
// create and show a window containing the combo box
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(3);
frame.getContentPane().add(comboBox);
frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}
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