Listening to JToggleButton Events with a ChangeListener : JToggleButton « Swing « Java Tutorial

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3. JToggleButton

Listen to the changes for its armed, pressed, and selected properties

import java.awt.BorderLayout;

import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.ButtonModel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JToggleButton;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;

public class JToggleButtonChangeListener {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Selecting Toggle");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JToggleButton toggleButton = new JToggleButton("Toggle Button");

    ChangeListener changeListener = new ChangeListener() {
      public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent changeEvent) {
        AbstractButton abstractButton = (AbstractButton) changeEvent.getSource();
        ButtonModel buttonModel = abstractButton.getModel();
        boolean armed = buttonModel.isArmed();
        boolean pressed = buttonModel.isPressed();
        boolean selected = buttonModel.isSelected();
        System.out.println("Changed: " + armed + "/" + pressed + "/" + selected);
      }
    };

    // Attach Listeners
    toggleButton.addChangeListener(changeListener);
    frame.add(toggleButton, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    frame.setSize(300, 125);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

14.8.JToggleButton
	14.8.1.	Creating JToggleButton Components
	14.8.2.	JToggleButton is a button that has two states. Pressed and not pressed.
	14.8.3.	Listening to JToggleButton Events with an ActionListener
	14.8.4.	Listening to JToggleButton Events with an ItemListener
	14.8.5.	Listening to JToggleButton Events with a ChangeListener
	14.8.6.	The event sequence for JToggleButton: ActionListener, ItemListener and ChangeListener
	14.8.7.	Customizing JToggleButton Look and Feel
	14.8.8.	This class represents the toggle buttons used in toolbars.