Autocomplete TextField in swing

Question

I am doing a small project for restaurant billing.In the billing form when the user enters the item ,i need the list of possible items to be displayed from which the user can select the appropriate item and all the details of the selected item should be filled in the table. ( just like a super market billing). The items are stored in the database (MySQL) and i am using java swing for user interface

Can anyone please suggest some way for achieving my requirement.Some helpful links as well. ThankYou..

Possible duplicate? - [How could I implement autocompletion using Swing?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/485530/how-could-i-implement-autocompletion-using-swing) — neo108, May 17 '12 at 04:23
You may find [Auto complete ComboBox](http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Swing-Components/AutocompleteComboBox.htm) example useful. — tenorsax, May 17 '12 at 05:53

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 17 '12 at 04:21

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You can use auto-complete package

answered May 17 '12 at 04:21

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 30 '14 at 11:40

You can use Swingx.Contains extensions to the Swing GUI toolkit, including new and enhanced components that provide functionality commonly required by rich client applications. Highlights include:

Sorting, filtering, highlighting for tables, trees, and lists Find/search Auto-completion Login/authentication framework TreeTable component Collapsible panel component Date picker component Tip-of-the-Day component

Autocomplete TextField in swing

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