/*
This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed.
(http://horstmann.com/corejava)
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
/**
* @version 1.33 2007-06-12
* @author Cay Horstmann
*/
public class ComboBoxTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
ComboBoxFrame frame = new ComboBoxFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
/**
* A frame with a sample text label and a combo box for selecting font faces.
*/
class ComboBoxFrame extends JFrame
{
public ComboBoxFrame()
{
setTitle("ComboBoxTest");
setSize(DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT);
// add the sample text label
label = new JLabel("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.");
label.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, DEFAULT_SIZE));
add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER);
// make a combo box and add face names
faceCombo = new JComboBox();
faceCombo.setEditable(true);
faceCombo.addItem("Serif");
faceCombo.addItem("SansSerif");
faceCombo.addItem("Monospaced");
faceCombo.addItem("Dialog");
faceCombo.addItem("DialogInput");
// the combo box listener changes the label font to the selected face name
faceCombo.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
label.setFont(new Font((String) faceCombo.getSelectedItem(), Font.PLAIN,
DEFAULT_SIZE));
}
});
// add combo box to a panel at the frame's southern border
JPanel comboPanel = new JPanel();
comboPanel.add(faceCombo);
add(comboPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
public static final int DEFAULT_WIDTH = 300;
public static final int DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 200;
private JComboBox faceCombo;
private JLabel label;
private static final int DEFAULT_SIZE = 12;
}