getting text on JComboBox

[Andy Woods]

To all,
I am having a bit of trouble getting text from a editable JComboBox field. I have checked the earlier posts on this topic and i still seem to have trouble with this.
When the user clicks on a button i would like to get the data stored in a combo box? I populate the fields with data from a selected file. Isnt there an easier way to get data from a box than handling an event?
JComboBox AOnePos = new JComboBox;
AOnePos.setEditable(true);
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Thanks.. Andy

[Sonny Pondrom]

Andy,
I have used the selected item from a ComboBox when my ADD button is activated. But you could probably test if the selected item has changed. You would have to initialize it with a known item (like Null) and check if it changed. However I think an event is a better approach.
HTH

[kate damond]

Andy,
When your user clicks your button, you have to handle ActionPerformed for the button. You do not need to handle an event for the combo, simply read its text when you handle the button ActionPerformed :

getJComboBox1().getSelectedItem().toString();

Kate

[Sajee Joseph]

Hi,
Since ur JCombobox is editable, the earlier given approaches may not work.
The best approach is
((JTextField)c.getEditor().getEditorComponent()).getText();
where c is ur JCombobox instance
Regards
Saj