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How can I call the mouse right click event in SwingGui?

I have a table. If I right-click I got a JPopUpMenu but before the pop-up I want to select the row where the right-click event is done. Here is what I've tried.
path_tbl.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
System.out.println(e.getPoint());
Point point = e.getPoint();
int selectedRow = path_tbl.rowAtPoint(point);
path_tbl.setRowSelectionInterval(selectedRow, selectedRow);
}
});
In that event, I cannot get any output from the console when I right-click. However, when I left-click, points are printed to the console.
java.awt.Point[x=105,y=76]
So, this event only works when I left-click. How can I make this event work with right-click?

Since you want custom mouse behavior, you should not use setComponentPopupMenu.
Instead, display the JPopupMenu yourself, using JPopupMenu’s show method:
JPopupMenu menu = /* ... */;
path_tbl.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
private void showPopupMenuFor(MouseEvent e) {
if (menu.isPopupTrigger(e)) {
Point point = e.getPoint();
int row = path_tbl.rowAtPoint(point);
if (!path_tbl.isRowSelected(row)) {
path_tbl.setRowSelectionInterval(row, row);
}
menu.show(path_tbl, e.getX(), e.getY());
}
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
showPopupMenuFor(e);
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
showPopupMenuFor(e);
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
showPopupMenuFor(e);
}
});
You must check the MouseEvent in both mousePressed and mouseReleased, because exactly when a context menu is triggered depends on the platform and the look-and-feel. (Checking in mouseClicked may or may not be necessary, but it doesn’t hurt.)

In most cases, I'm lazy, so if I don't need to do something, then I'd prefer not to. In this case, I'd prefer to make use of the existing API works as much as possible, meaning, make use of JComponent#setComponentPopupMenu, as it will take care of the "how" and "when" the popup should be shown, based on the current platform.
However, as you have discovered, by default, JTable will NOT select the row when the user presses the "right" mouse button, for that, you could just continue with your current workflow, but, checking to see if the MouseEvent is actually a "right" click.
Lucky for us, some of the original Swing developers were also "lazy" and they provided us with SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton, yea 🎉
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public final class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Main();
}
public Main() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
public TestPane() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(0, 10);
for (int row = 0; row < 10; row++) {
Vector data = new Vector(10);
for (int col = 0; col < 10; col++) {
String value = row + "x" + ((char) (col + 'A'));
data.add(value);
}
model.addRow(data);
}
JPopupMenu menu = new JPopupMenu();
menu.add("Hello");
menu.add("This looks interesting");
menu.add("I like bi-planes");
JTable table = new JTable(model);
table.setComponentPopupMenu(menu);
table.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
if (SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(e)) {
Point point = e.getPoint();
int row = table.rowAtPoint(point);
if (!table.isRowSelected(row)) {
table.setRowSelectionInterval(row, row);
}
}
}
});
add(new JScrollPane(table));
}
}
}

JComboBox in JTable is not displaying the selection

As simple as Renderers and Editors sound and despite the dozen or so SO bookmarks I return to regarding similar issues I’m missing something elementary. I want to drag any old text file into a 2-column JTable, have the first column display the filename and the second contain a JComboBox whose options depend on the contents of the dragged file. (In the code below I just fake a few entries.)
This all works fine until I make a selection from a combo box - the selection doesn’t display - just a combo box, populated correctly but no selection made. I know it must have something to do with my misuse of renderers/editors but after at least two weeks of flailing I’m seeking professional help. And if you think I’ve totally missed the boat on how renderers and editors are written, well, I’m glad you didn’t see my earlier attempts.
Hopefully this code qualifies as an SSCCE - sincere apologies if I’ve included something I shouldn’t have. I’ve retained the DnD stuff just in case it has some significance.
For what it’s worth, I use a static list of ComboBoxModels (one per row) since each JComboBox contains different options, and likewise TableCellEditors (although I don’t know if that’s the right way to go about it).
To run this just drag any file into the table that appears and then make a selection from the JComboBox in the right column and watch it ignore you. Thanks very much, even if you have some advice without taking the trouble of running this.
Java 1.7/OS X 10.9.5/Eclipse Mars.2
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.AbstractCellEditor;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.MutableComboBoxModel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.TransferHandler;
import javax.swing.event.ListDataListener;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel;
public class Main extends JFrame {
static List<AComboBoxModel> priceComboModels = new ArrayList<AComboBoxModel>();
static List<DefaultCellEditor> editors = new ArrayList<DefaultCellEditor>();
public Main() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 400));
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JTable table = new JTable(0, 2) {
public TableCellEditor getCellEditor(int rinx, int cinx) {
if (cinx == 0) {
return super.getCellEditor(rinx, cinx);
}
return editors.get(rinx);
}
};
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(new Dimension(360, 80));
table.setTransferHandler(new ATransferHandler());
table.setModel(new ATableModel());
TableColumnModel tcm = table.getColumnModel();
tcm.getColumn(0).setHeaderValue("File Name");
tcm.getColumn(1).setHeaderValue("Selection");
TableColumn column = tcm.getColumn(1);
column.setCellRenderer(new ACellRenderer());
column.setCellEditor(new ACellEditor());
table.setDragEnabled(true);
table.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(
table,
JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED,
JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED
);
panel.add(sp, BorderLayout.CENTER);
panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 300));
add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
pack();
}
public static int addComboModel(AComboBoxModel model) {
priceComboModels.add(model);
return priceComboModels.size() - 1;
}
public static AComboBoxModel getComboModelAt(int inx) {
return priceComboModels.get(inx);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new Main().setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
class ATableModel extends DefaultTableModel {
List<ARecord> data = new ArrayList<ARecord>();
public void addRow(ARecord row) {
data.add(row);
fireTableRowsInserted(data.size() - 1, data.size() - 1);
}
#Override
public int getRowCount() {
return data == null ? 0 : data.size();
}
#Override
public int getColumnCount() {
return 2;
}
public void setValueAt(Object value, int rinx, int cinx) {
ARecord row = data.get(rinx);
switch (cinx) {
case 0:
row.setFilename((String) value);
break;
case 1:
row.setCbox((JComboBox) value);
break;
}
}
#Override
public Object getValueAt(int rinx, int cinx) {
Object returnValue = null;
ARecord row = data.get(rinx);
switch (cinx) {
case 0:
returnValue = row.getFilename();
break;
case 1:
returnValue = row.getCbox();
break;
}
return returnValue;
}
// I assume this is unnecessary since column 1 defaults to text
// and column 2 is handled by ACellRenderer. I think.
// #Override
// public Class getColumnClass(int cinx) {
// return cinx == 0 ? String.class : JComboBox.class;
// }
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// This class handles the drag and drop.
class ATransferHandler extends TransferHandler {
int getSourceActions(JList<String> lst) {
return TransferHandler.COPY;
}
Transferable createTransferable(JList<String> list) {
return null;
}
void exportDone(JList<String> lst, Transferable data, int action) {
}
public boolean canImport(TransferHandler.TransferSupport info) {
return true;
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// This is the method of interest where the dropped text file is handled.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
public boolean importData(TransferHandler.TransferSupport info) {
if (! info.isDrop()) return false;
JTable table = (JTable)info.getComponent();
Transferable tr = info.getTransferable();
List<File> files = null;
try {
files = (List<File>)tr.getTransferData(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor);
} catch(UnsupportedFlavorException | IOException e) {
}
ATableModel tm = (ATableModel)table.getModel();
String[] options;
// For each dropped text file...
for (File fl : files) {
String fname = fl.getName();
// Just fill the JComboBox with some unique options for now
// (in practice this comes from the dropped text file contents).
String dummyText = fname.substring(0, 5);
options = new String[] { dummyText + "_A", dummyText + "_B", dummyText + "_C" };
// Create a ComboBoxModel for this JComboBox containing the selection options.
AComboBoxModel cboModel = new AComboBoxModel(options);
// Create the combo box itself.
JComboBox<String> cbox = new JComboBox<String>();
// Assign the model to the box.
cbox.setModel(cboModel);
// Create and add to the editor list the table cell editor.
Main.editors.add(new DefaultCellEditor(cbox));
// Also add the ComboBoxModel to the model list.
Main.addComboModel(cboModel);
// Add the row to the model data.
tm.addRow(new ARecord(fname, cbox));
}
return true;
}
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
class ARecord {
String filename;
JComboBox cbox;
// Just a bean to describe a table row (a filename and a JComboBox).
public ARecord(String filename, JComboBox cbox) {
super();
this.filename = filename;
this.cbox = cbox;
}
public String getFilename() {
return filename;
}
public void setFilename(String filename) {
this.filename = filename;
}
public JComboBox getCbox() {
return cbox;
}
public void setCbox(JComboBox cbox) {
this.cbox = cbox;
}
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// This is the model for the JComboBoxes. A different model is instantiated
// for each row since each one has different contents.
class AComboBoxModel implements MutableComboBoxModel {
List<String> items = new ArrayList<String>();
public AComboBoxModel(String[] items) {
this.items = Arrays.asList(items);
}
#Override
public int getSize() {
return items.size();
}
#Override
public Object getElementAt(int index) {
return items.get(index);
}
#Override
public void addListDataListener(ListDataListener l) {
}
#Override
public void removeListDataListener(ListDataListener l) {
}
#Override
public void setSelectedItem(Object anItem) {
}
#Override
public Object getSelectedItem() {
return null;
}
#Override
public void addElement(Object item) {
}
#Override
public void removeElement(Object obj) {
}
#Override
public void insertElementAt(Object item, int index) {
}
#Override
public void removeElementAt(int index) {
}
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// I won't pretend that I'm confident as to how this should work. My guess is that
// I should just retrieve the appropriate ComboBoxModel, assign it and return.
class ACellRenderer extends JComboBox implements TableCellRenderer {
#Override
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus,
int rinx, int cinx) {
setModel(Main.getComboModelAt(rinx));
return this;
}
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
class ACellEditor extends AbstractCellEditor implements TableCellEditor {
static JComboBox box = null;
// This is where I think I'm actually lost. I don't understand the significance of
// returning a JComboBox when one was already created when the text file was
// dropped. Is it correct to just assign the appropriate ComboBoxModel to a JComboBox
// and return it here?
public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table,
Object value,
boolean isSelected,
int rinx,
int cinx) {
box = (JComboBox)(table.getModel().getValueAt(rinx, cinx));
box.setModel(Main.getComboModelAt(rinx));
return box;
}
#Override
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
return box;
}
}

make a selection from the JComboBox in the right column and watch it ignore you
Something is wrong with your custom editor and I'm not sure what. You have a big problem in that you are trying to use a JComboBox as the data of the editor. This is completely wrong.
But the good new is that there is no need for you to use a custom renderer or a custom editor.
You should NOT be storing a JComboBox in the TableModel. You simply store the String of the selected item from the combo box. (This will be done for you automatically by the default combo box editor).
There is no need for you to create a new editor for every file that is dragged to the table.
the second contain a JComboBox whose options depend on the contents of the dragged file
So the only part of the table that you need to customize is the getCellEditor(...) method.
I would guess you would have a different editor for a given file extension.
So the basic code might be something like:
int modelColumn = convertColumnIndexToModel( column );
if (modelColumn == 1)
{
String file = getModel.getValueAt(row, 0);
if (file.endsWith(".txt"))
return txtEditor;
else if (file.endsWith(".html"))
return htmlEditor;
}
return super.getCellEditor(row, column);
Check out:
How to add unique JComboBoxes to a column in a JTable (Java) for a working example. The logic in that posting does have a separate editor by row for demonstration purposes only. The example demonstrates that the code works with the default renderers and editors. All you need to do is provide the items for each combo box editor.
In your case the editor will be based on the file type so the logic needs to test the data in the first column.
Note: the nested if/else statement is not a good solution. You might want to use a Hashmap of filetype/editor. Then the getCellEditor(...) method would just be a Hashmap lookup once you extract the filetype for the File.
So your dragging code should have nothing to do with the editors of the table. You need to know before hand which file types you want to support and define the valid items for each of those file types.
Also, your TableModel should NOT extend DefaultTableModel. You are providing your own data storage and implementing all the methods so you should just be extending the AbstractTableModel.

Component for filtering a list

What is the Java Swing component that would be suitable for creating a filterable list like seen below?

This type of filtering is most easily done using a single column JTable. A table has inbuilt functionality to add a RowSorter which:
..provides the basis for sorting and filtering.
See also How to Use Tables: Sorting and Filtering.
Here is an example for filtering the font family names:
On the left is a more 'list looking' component, while the right hand side shows a component that is clearly a table.
Code
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.text.Document;
import javax.swing.table.TableRowSorter;
public class FontFilter {
private JComponent ui = null;
JTextField filterText;
TableRowSorter sorter;
FontFilter(boolean listLike) {
initUI(listLike);
}
public void initUI(boolean listLike) {
if (ui != null) {
return;
}
ui = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(4, 4));
ui.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(4, 4, 4, 4));
GraphicsEnvironment ge
= GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
String[] fonts = ge.getAvailableFontFamilyNames();
String[][] tableData = new String[fonts.length][1];
for (int i = 0; i < fonts.length; i++) {
tableData[i][0] = fonts[i];
}
String[] header = {"Fonts"};
JTable table = new JTable(tableData, header);
if (listLike) {
Dimension d = table.getPreferredScrollableViewportSize();
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(new Dimension(d.width/2,d.height));
table.setShowGrid(false);
table.setTableHeader(null);
table.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
}
ui.add(new JScrollPane(table));
sorter = new TableRowSorter(table.getModel());
table.setRowSorter(sorter);
filterText = new JTextField(10);
ui.add(filterText, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
Document doc = filterText.getDocument();
DocumentListener listener = new DocumentListener() {
#Override
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
newFilter();
}
#Override
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
newFilter();
}
#Override
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
newFilter();
}
};
doc.addDocumentListener(listener);
}
private void newFilter() {
RowFilter rf = null;
//If current expression doesn't parse, don't update.
try {
rf = RowFilter.regexFilter(filterText.getText(), 0);
} catch (java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException e) {
return;
}
sorter.setRowFilter(rf);
}
public JComponent getUI() {
return ui;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Runnable r = new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception useDefault) {
}
FontFilter o1 = new FontFilter(true);
FontFilter o2 = new FontFilter(false);
JFrame f = new JFrame("Font Filter");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
f.setLocationByPlatform(true);
f.add(o1.getUI(), BorderLayout.LINE_START);
f.add(o2.getUI(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
f.pack();
f.setMinimumSize(f.getSize());
f.setVisible(true);
}
};
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(r);
}
}

If you want or have to use only standard Swing components then the method described by #AndrewThompson is the way to go.
But if you are able to use third-party libraries then a good alternative is JXList component included in SwingX project. This component is a JList extension and provides the ability to sort and filter its content plus other interesting features (check SwingLabs Demos).
The following snippet is the basis to make it work:
JXList list = new JXList(listModel);
list.setAutoCreateRowSorter(true);
This is enough to create and install a RowSorter<ListModel, Integer> instance as the list's row sorter which can be retrieved by calling getRowSorter() method. The actual object returned by this method is a ListSortController which inherits from DefaultRowSorter and also implements the non-standard SortController interface.
It is important to keep this class hierarchy in mind because it's possible to supply a RowFilter in different ways. All the following alternatives assume the row sorter is auto-created.
Note: IMO the first method is the preferred one because we can delegate the dirty work of down-casting the row sorter to supply a row filter to the component.
1. Set the row filter directly on the list
list.setRowFilter(rowFilter);
This is a convenience method to set the row filter. However it is required by contract that the actual list's row sorter be a SortController compliant instance. Otherwise the setRowFilter(...) call has no effect.
2. Cast the row sorter as SortController
SortController<ListModel> sortController
= (SortController<ListModel>)list.getRowSorter();
sortController.setRowFilter(rowFilter);
The SortController interface provides a method to set the row filter which is used to by-pass the row filter in the method # 1.
3. Cast the row sorter as DefaultRowSorter
DefaultRowSorter<ListModel, Integer> sorter
= (DefaultRowSorter<ListModel, Integer>)list.getRowSorter();
sorter.setRowFilter(rowFilter);
This method is the same than when we are working with JTable.
Example
Here is a simple demo about filtering with JXList. Once again please check SingLabs Demos for better examples.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.ListModel;
import javax.swing.RowFilter;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
import org.jdesktop.swingx.JXList;
public class FilterListDemo {
private JXList list;
private void createAndShowGui() {
final JTextField filterText = new JTextField(30);
filterText.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener() {
#Override
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
FilterListDemo.this.createFilter(filterText.getText(), false);
}
#Override
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
FilterListDemo.this.createFilter(filterText.getText(), false);
}
#Override
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
FilterListDemo.this.createFilter(filterText.getText(), false);
}
});
GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
String[] fonts = ge.getAvailableFontFamilyNames();
list = new JXList(fonts);
list.setAutoCreateRowSorter(true);
JPanel content = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(8,8));
content.add(filterText, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
content.add(new JScrollPane(list), BorderLayout.CENTER);
content.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(8,8,8,8));
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Filter List Demo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(content);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private void createFilter(String text, final boolean caseSensitive) {
final String filterText = caseSensitive ? text : text.toUpperCase();
list.setRowFilter(new RowFilter<ListModel, Integer>() {
#Override
public boolean include(RowFilter.Entry<? extends ListModel
, ? extends Integer> entry) {
String entryValue = caseSensitive
? entry.getStringValue(0)
: entry.getStringValue(0).toUpperCase();
return filterText == null
|| filterText.trim().isEmpty()
|| entryValue.contains(filterText.trim());
}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new FilterListDemo().createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}

Auto-Completing JTextField and Arrow Keys

I'm trying to build a javax.swing.JTextField with javax.swing.JList for auto-completing like Google.
When a write a word, Google show several matches and
when a press the ▼ I can select some match using ▲ and ▼ and
can edit my input with ◀ and ▶ .
When I press Enter key search the content in the box.
When a press Esc the box change to the original input.
My aplication is about the Bible and I want to looking for a particular word when I'm studying the Word. I have seen the Java2sAutoTextField but don't have this particular behavior with the arrow keys.

This needs a custom coded component. Definitely a class that extends JTextField and in that class you have a JPopupMenu that will contain your JList. You will have to position the JPopupMenu right under the text field so that it looks like 1 component.
Your next trick is to filter as you type. I usually do this using Java6 TableRowSorter coupled with a JTable to which I pre-fill it with data. You're gonna need some change listeners on the JTextField and intercept each key typed and fetch your data.
Key pressed
Perform query in DB (or some data storage to get similar entries)
Populate JTable with those entires
Set RowFilter with regex based on JTextField entry to filter through retrieved data
Manage your actions with key listeners
EDIT
I whipped up a sample swing app to show what I stated. This is a copy/paste example and should work right off the bat (need JDK 1.6+). I basically got what you wanted and I put comments in places where I tell you to fill in the blanks.. like for example the Escape key event is consumed and you can do whatever you want with it.
The method initTableModel() just initializes the table model with data. Normally you would want to dynamically populate the table model with data from a database or something. A lot could be tweaked, but this is for example sake ;) So this should be a good enough example for you to modify to your complete your goal. Any more than this and you have to pay me $$$ :)
package test.text.googleclone;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.Window;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel;
import javax.swing.RowFilter;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableRowSorter;
public class SearchAutoFillTest {
private JFrame frame = null;
private JTextField searchField = null;
private JPopupMenu popup = null;
private JTable searchTable = null;
private TableRowSorter<DefaultTableModel> rowSorter = null;
private DefaultTableModel searchTableModel = null;
public SearchAutoFillTest() {
searchTableModel = new DefaultTableModel();
initTableModel();
rowSorter = new TableRowSorter<DefaultTableModel>(searchTableModel);
searchTable = new JTable(searchTableModel);
searchTable.setRowSorter(rowSorter);
searchTable.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
searchTable.getColumnModel().setColumnSelectionAllowed(false);
searchTable.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION);
searchTable.getTableHeader().setReorderingAllowed(false);
searchTable.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(775, 100));
searchTable.setGridColor(Color.WHITE);
searchField = new JTextField();
searchField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener() {
#Override
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
showPopup(e);
}
#Override
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
showPopup(e);
}
#Override
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
showPopup(e);
}
});
searchField.addKeyListener(new KeyListener() {
#Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
int code = e.getKeyCode();
switch(code)
{
case KeyEvent.VK_UP:
{
cycleTableSelectionUp();
break;
}
case KeyEvent.VK_DOWN:
{
cycleTableSelectionDown();
break;
}
case KeyEvent.VK_LEFT:
{
//Do whatever you want here
break;
}
case KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT:
{
//Do whatever you want here
break;
}
}
}
#Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
}
});
KeyStroke keyStroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("ESCAPE");
searchField.getInputMap().put(keyStroke, "ESCAPE");
searchField.getActionMap().put("ESCAPE", new AbstractAction() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//Do what you wish here with the escape key.
}
});
popup = new JPopupMenu();
popup.add(searchTable);
popup.setVisible(false);
popup.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
JPanel searchPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(5, 5));
searchPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(4, 4, 4, 4));
searchPanel.add(searchField, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout(5, 5));
frame.add(searchPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(800, 500);
center(frame);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
private final void newFilter() {
RowFilter<DefaultTableModel, Object> rf = null;
try {
rf = RowFilter.regexFilter(getFilterText(), 0);
}
catch(PatternSyntaxException e) {
return;
}
rowSorter.setRowFilter(rf);
}
private final String getFilterText() {
String orig = searchField.getText();
return "("+orig.toLowerCase()+")|("+orig.toUpperCase()+")";
}
private void showPopup(DocumentEvent e) {
if(e.getDocument().getLength() > 0) {
if(!popup.isVisible()) {
Rectangle r = searchField.getBounds();
popup.show(searchField, (r.x-4), (r.y+16));
popup.setVisible(true);
}
newFilter();
searchField.grabFocus();
}
else {
popup.setVisible(false);
}
}
private void cycleTableSelectionUp() {
ListSelectionModel selModel = searchTable.getSelectionModel();
int index0 = selModel.getMinSelectionIndex();
if(index0 > 0) {
selModel.setSelectionInterval(index0-1, index0-1);
}
}
private void cycleTableSelectionDown() {
ListSelectionModel selModel = searchTable.getSelectionModel();
int index0 = selModel.getMinSelectionIndex();
if(index0 == -1) {
selModel.setSelectionInterval(0, 0);
}
else if(index0 > -1) {
selModel.setSelectionInterval(index0+1, index0+1);
}
}
private void initTableModel() {
String[] columns = new String[] {"A"};
String[][] data = new String[][]
{
new String[] {"a"},
new String[] {"aa"},
new String[] {"aaab"},
new String[] {"aaabb"},
new String[] {"aaabbbz"},
new String[] {"b"},
new String[] {"bb"},
new String[] {"bbb"},
new String[] {"bbbbbbb"},
new String[] {"bbbbbbbeee"},
new String[] {"bbbbbbbeeexxx"},
new String[] {"ccc"},
new String[] {"cccc"},
new String[] {"ccccc"},
new String[] {"cccccaaaa"},
new String[] {"ccccccaaaa"},
};
searchTableModel.setDataVector(data, columns);
}
private void center(Window w) {
int screenWidth = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().width;
int screenHeight = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().height;
int windowWidth = w.getWidth();
int windowHeight = w.getHeight();
if (windowHeight > screenHeight) {
return;
}
if (windowWidth > screenWidth) {
return;
}
int x = (screenWidth - windowWidth) / 2;
int y = (screenHeight - windowHeight) / 2;
w.setLocation(x, y);
}
public static void main(String ... args) {
new SearchAutoFillTest();
}
}

This component is called autocomplete and is included in a so called swing extensions porject.
Just have a look at: http://swingx.java.net/
There is a webstart with demos: http://swinglabs-demos.java.net/demos/swingxset6/swingxset.jnlp

use AutoComplete JTextField placed into JToolBar / MenuBar, notice you must to sort ArrayList before usage,
use undecoratted JDialog instead of JPopup (still have got a few important bugs),
a) create only one JDialog with parent to the JTextField or JMenuBar or JFrame,
b) always to search for getBounds from AutoComplete JTextField before visible JDialog on the screen, this Bounds are for possitioning JDialog correctly on the screen
c) wrap JDialog#setVisible(true) to the invokeLater()
override Escape for JDialog.setVisible(false)
put there close / hide JButton to avoiding overrive rest of important methods on focusLost (this calendar have got excelent workaround on focusLost, mouseClick, etc ...., could it be very easy to replace calendar funcionality with result from Comparator, you have to download codesource)
you can put there (my view) 6 / 9 / max 12 buttons, you can remove JButton Feels by setBackground(Color.white) for example, you cann't, please don't do it something with JDialog and these JButtons, you job will be only to setText("result from Comparator")
in the case that your ArrayList for AutoComplete JTextField was sorted, then you have two choises
a) easiest override bias from AutoComplete funcionality by add fils separate array for setText() for 6 / 9 / max 12 buttons on popup JDialog, if you setBackground(Color.white), then you don't care somehow about to hide JButtons without text
b) another way could be to create own Comparator for searching (the same AutoComplete funcionality) first 6 / 9 / max 12 matches,
for capturing an events from 6 / 9 / max 12 JButtons use putClientProperty or EventHandler or Swing Actions, where you only to test if text isEmpty :-),
maybe Swing Actions could be the best of ways because its events are scallable and you can enabled/disable (if JButtons text isEmpty) output from this Action by default

It sounds like you want a JComboBox (see Swing guide) rather than a JTextField/JList.
Of course, then you have a drop-down button, but there are possible ways to deal with this - see here.

It would be something along these lines:
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Component extends JComponent {
private final static String[] terms = {"Jesus",
"Jesus walks on water" //...
};
private static ArrayList<String> recent = new ArrayList<String>();
JTextField jtf;
JList jl;
public Component(){
// set up design
jtf = new JTextField();
jtf.setSize(this.getWidth() - 25, 25);
this.add(jtf);
//...
// add key listeners
}
class Listener implements KeyListener{
#Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent arg0) {
}
#Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent arg0) {
}
#Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent arg0) {
if (arg0.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_DOWN){
// set next item on list
}
else if (arg0.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_UP){
// set previous item on list
}
else if (arg0.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER){
// search
}
else if (arg0.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE){
jtf.setText("");
}
else{
// check list for matches
}
}
}
}

The default behavior is that all key events go to the component which has the focus. So what you need to do is identify keys which should really go to the other component and install a KeyListener to both.
In that listener, you can forward the events to the other component.
See this answer how to dispatch an event to a new component. In your case, source must be the other component (the list, if your text field originally received the event and vice versa).

ListSelectionListener on JList not working

i'm having problems with this listener, the gui in general constructs and works fine, also the jlist is there but when i select some items in the list i dont see the results and also not the printl() i wrote for test purpose, pls note this code is contained within the getJContentPane in order to add the event handler at init-time
private JList myList=new JList(dlm);//a defaultlistmodel
myList.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener() {
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent evt) {
if (evt.getValueIsAdjusting()){
System.out.println("Eventhandler called");
return;
}
System.out.println("Eventhandler called");
doMyMethod(evt);
}
});
The doMyMethod():
private void doMyMethod(ListSelectionEvent e){
if(e.getValueIsAdjusting()){
return;
}else{
String item=(String)e.getSource();
accounter.add(item);
}
}
It is a very simple method which takes as parameter an instance of ListSelectionEvent
The main problem in my opinion is not the doMyMethod() which performs very basic actions but the fact that the eventHandler is not fired at all, it seems lik the gui does not "listen" to this list at all
Any idea?
here the initialisation code:
private JScrollPane getScrollBox() {
if (scrollboxBox == null) {
scrollboxBox = new JScrollPane();
scrollBox.setBounds(new Rectangle(280, 56, 245, 204));
scrollBox.getViewport().add(myList,null);
myList.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener() {
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent evt) {
System.out.println("addListSelectionListener");
if (evt.getValueIsAdjusting()){
System.out.println("Eventhandler called");
return;
}
System.out.println("Eventhandler called");
doMyMethod(evt);
}
});
}
return scrollboxBox;
}

After trying to understand what is going on in your question I understood that you are failing to get selected item in the list, when the selection is changed.
To present you how this could be achieved I have built the below example. You can observe there when each part of the if else is called. The if(e.getValueIsAdjusting()) is execute always when you drag the moue over items. The else part is called when you release the mouse while previously clicked on an item.
There are some serious issues in the code that you have provided, therefore I tried to remove all that is unnecessary, e.g.
1.The doMyMethod() method and the if(e.getValueIsAdjusting()) piece of code that is in it would never be called since you already are checking that condition before it is called. Plus there is no need to code a method working on listener's events, this code should stay inside the listener which is private. Then if you want to call programmatically its code you would call the listener.valueChanged(evt).
2.The evt.getSource() returns the object which is author of the event in this case the myList not the selected item which I think you were after, for this use the getSelectedValue() on the source or myList directly since this listener serves only this list.
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
public class ListTest extends JPanel
{
private JScrollPane myScrollPane;
private JList myList;
private ListSelectionListener lSL = new ListSelectionListener()
{
#Override
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent evt)
{
if(evt.getValueIsAdjusting())
{
System.out.println("Eventhandler called evt.getValueIsAdjusting() true");
return;
}
else
{
// String item = (String) evt.getSource();//!!!Exception casting JList to String
//maybe what you need is getSelectedValue()
System.out.println("else called myList.getSelectedValue() ="+myList.getSelectedValue());
}
}
};
private ListTest()
{
int noRows = 25;
Object[] listData = new String[noRows];
for(int i =0; i < noRows; i++)
listData[i]= "Oi "+i;
this.myList = new JList(listData);
this.myScrollPane = new JScrollPane(myList);
myList.addListSelectionListener(lSL);
add(myScrollPane);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
ListTest p = new ListTest();
JPanel contentPane = new JPanel();
contentPane.add(p);
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setContentPane(contentPane);
f.setSize(800, 600);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
Hope that even if it doesn't solve your problem it at least will be helpful in building an SSCCE for us.