MouseListener dosen't work with JComboBox ???

[Mahajan Bhupendra]

Hi i m trying to get if JCombobox has been clicked or not..
my code is..
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class Test10 extends JFrame {
public Test10() {
super();
JComboBox comboBox=new JComboBox();
comboBox.addItem("aaa");
comboBox.addItem("bbb");
comboBox.addItem("ccc");

comboBox.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
System.out.println("clicked");
}
});

Container content=getContentPane();
content.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
content.add(comboBox);
this.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
setSize(300,300);
setVisible(true);
}

public static void main(String args[]) {
new Test10();
}
}

it's not printing clicked even though i clicked JComboBox..
any answer??
Bhupendra Mahajan

[Paul Stevens]

Try the ItemEvent. It gets fired when list and combo boxes are selected and deselected.

[Daniel Searson]

You could also try using an ActionListener. This gets triggered whenever a different item is selected. Not sure what the problem with your MouseListener is though...

[Sajee Joseph]

Hi,
JCombobox is not is a single control.
U can use this line of code to add the mouse listener.
((JTextField)combo.getEditor().getEditorComponent()).addMouseListener(this);
where combo is ur JComboBox instance
Regards
Saj

[Mahajan Bhupendra]

Hi paul,
if i use itemevent it will notifyme only when item state changes
i.e. if item added removed or inserted...as i suppose
but actually i want that if one clicks on JComboBox its contents
are to be changed dynamically according to user....
all users are stored as rows in JTable..
so according to row no i m finding user and contents are changing..
that's why i wanted to find out click on JCombobox..

Originally posted by Paul Stevens:
Try the ItemEvent. It gets fired when list and combo boxes are selected and deselected.

well Sajee i tried your option but unforunately it's
not working...
any solution ???
Bhupendra Mahajan

[Paul Stevens]

Mahajan,
ItemEvent gets fired when the state changes. Selecting something from a combo box changes the state.
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent evt) {
if (evt.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
//do something

[Sajee Joseph]

Hi,
I made the code work...

import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class Test10 extends JFrame {
public Test10() {
super();
JComboBox comboBox=new JComboBox();
comboBox.addItem("aaa");
comboBox.addItem("bbb");
comboBox.addItem("ccc");
Component[] comps = comboBox.getComponents();
for(int i = 0; i < comps.length; i++)
{
comps[i].addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
System.out.println("clicked");
}
});
}
Container content=getContentPane();
content.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
content.add(comboBox);
this.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
setSize(300,300);
setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
new Test10();
}
}
[This message has been edited by Sajee Joseph (edited December 19, 2001).]

[Mahajan Bhupendra]

Excellent Sajee,
It's working...
please Explain me exactly what is happining in code..
Bhupendra Mahajan

[Sajee Joseph]

Hi,
JComboBox is one of the clumsiest java controls. It is made up of sevelal components like a JTextField , JList etc.
So adding the mouselistener to jcombobox alone will not work, since its not an indvidual contol. So we need to add the mouselistener to each of the controls in the JComboBox. That is what im doing by
Component[] comps = comboBox.getComponents();
for(int i = 0; i < comps.length; i++)
{
comps[i].addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
System.out.println("clicked");
}
});
}

Hope u got the point.
Regards
Saj

[Mahajan Bhupendra]

Hi Saj i got it..
thanx ..
what's ur mail address can i contact u directly if i had some problems..???
Bhupendra Mahajan

[Sajee Joseph]

Hi,
Nice to hear from u.
my mail id's are [e-mail]
and [e-mail].
Hey, can i have ur mail id too?? In case u can help me with a couple of java problems
Regards
Saj

[Paul Stevens]

Unless you two are using bogus email accounts, you could always click the little mail icon and find out a users email address.