Listen to JToggleButton Events with an ItemListener in Java
Description
The following code shows how to listen to JToggleButton Events with an ItemListener.
Example
/*from ww w . ja v a2s. c o m*/
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JToggleButton;
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Selecting Toggle");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JToggleButton toggleButton = new JToggleButton("Toggle Button");
ItemListener itemListener = new ItemListener() {
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent itemEvent) {
int state = itemEvent.getStateChange();
if (state == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
System.out.println("Selected");
} else {
System.out.println("Deselected");
}
}
};
// Attach Listeners
toggleButton.addItemListener(itemListener);
frame.add(toggleButton, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.setSize(300, 125);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
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