Get selected item from JComboBox in Java

Description

The following code shows how to get selected item from JComboBox.

Example


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import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;

import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class Main extends JFrame {
  JComboBox combo = new JComboBox();

  public Main() {
    setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    combo.addItem("A");
    combo.addItem("H");
    combo.addItem("P");
    combo.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        System.out.println(" Selected item=" + combo.getSelectedItem());
      }
    });

    getContentPane().add(combo);
    setLayout(new java.awt.FlowLayout());
    pack();
    setVisible(true);
  }

  public static void main(String arg[]) {
    new Main();
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

Get selected item from JComboBox in Java




















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