How to show a menu depending on what is selected?

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In swing, how do i show a menu depending on what was selected from another menu.

For example: Select Country drop down. This is followed by a State drop down, followed by city.

When a particular Country is selected, then show the states for that country. Also, when a state is selected, show the cities in the state.

Listen to the selection event, display the corresponding menu? — enobayram, Mar 18 '13 at 11:24

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '13 at 11:35

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A JMenu can contain JMenuItem & JMenu instances. You might have it so that the main menu contains menus for countries. Each country menu has menus for states, then each state has menu items for city.

OTOH a nicer user experience would be provided by 3 JComboBox instances. The first is for the country, the 2nd and third are populated as needed (on demand).

answered Mar 18 '13 at 11:35

Andrew Thompson

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@trashgod +1 for the link to example. I've already up-voted that answer, so I'll have settle for a +1 on the comment. :) – Andrew Thompson Mar 18 '13 at 11:47

How to show a menu depending on what is selected?

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