Dynamically adding items to a JComboBox

Question

Vector comboBoxItems = new Vector();
DefaultComboBoxModel model;
// ComboBox Items have gotten from Data Base initially.
model = new DefaultComboBoxModel(ComboBoxItems);
JComboBox box = new JComboBox(model);

I added this combo box to a panel. If I add some items in the database directly, I want those newly added items shown in the combo box.

I can see the values in comboBoxItems when I debug, but those values do not appear in my combo box.

How can I get those newly added values into the combo box without closing the panel?

question, JComboBox could be used and in this same time is/are added new Item(s) — mKorbel, Sep 12 '11 at 11:52
It *should* work - [here's a snippet that uses the same constructor](http://www.java2s.com/Code/JavaAPI/javax.swing/newJComboBoxVectoritems.htm) — Andreas Dolk, Sep 12 '11 at 11:57
you must add the items to model, not to the underlying vector - only so the required notifications are fired! — kleopatra, Sep 12 '11 at 13:25

score 32 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 12 '11 at 11:51

How about using ComboBoxModel? Something like this....

    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Combo Box Demo");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setSize(200, 200);
    frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

    Vector comboBoxItems=new Vector();
    comboBoxItems.add("A");
    comboBoxItems.add("B");
    comboBoxItems.add("C");
    comboBoxItems.add("D");
    comboBoxItems.add("E");
    final DefaultComboBoxModel model = new DefaultComboBoxModel(comboBoxItems);
    JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(model);
    frame.add(comboBox);

    JButton button = new JButton("Add new element in combo box");
    frame.add(button);
    button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
            model.addElement("F");
        }
    });

    frame.setVisible(true);

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '11 at 13:49

for example:

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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class ComboBoxSorted extends JFrame {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    private JComboBox comboBox;
    private JTextField textField;

    public ComboBoxSorted() {
        textField = new JTextField(15);
        textField.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                comboBox.addItem(textField.getText());
                textField.setText("");
                comboBox.showPopup();
            }
        });

        String[] items = {"one", "two", "three", "four", "five"};
        SortedComboBoxModel model = new SortedComboBoxModel(items);
        comboBox = new JComboBox(model);
        comboBox.setPrototypeDisplayValue("XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX");
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Add Item on Runtime");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        frame.add(textField, BorderLayout.WEST);
        frame.add(new JLabel("Enter to add Item  "), BorderLayout.EAST);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocation(150, 150);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    private class SortedComboBoxModel extends DefaultComboBoxModel {

        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

        public SortedComboBoxModel() {
            super();
        }

        public SortedComboBoxModel(Object[] items) {
            Arrays.sort(items);
            int size = items.length;
            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                super.addElement(items[i]);
            }
            setSelectedItem(items[0]);
        }

        public SortedComboBoxModel(Vector items) {
            Collections.sort(items);
            int size = items.size();
            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                super.addElement(items.elementAt(i));
            }
            setSelectedItem(items.elementAt(0));
        }

        @Override
        public void addElement(Object element) {
            insertElementAt(element, 0);
        }

        @Override
        public void insertElementAt(Object element, int index) {
            int size = getSize();
            //  Determine where to insert element to keep model in sorted order            
            for (index = 0; index < size; index++) {
                Comparable c = (Comparable) getElementAt(index);
                if (c.compareTo(element) > 0) {
                    break;
                }
            }
            super.insertElementAt(element, index);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                ComboBoxSorted comboBoxSorted = new ComboBoxSorted();
            }
        });
    }
}

Chetan Bhagat · Answer 3 · 2016-08-19T11:36:24.417

Dynamically adding items like JComboBox,JTextField and ImageIcon

Please,Show this image on display, how many items added or Table Fields size

After second images are display on Items like JComboBox,JTextField and ImageIcon

for example : count=3
//Dynamically Adding Items or Component above method
public void  dya_addcomp(int count)
{
//Dynamicly Drop/Delete icon
 BufferedImage Drop_Tablefield = null;
 try {
     Drop_Tablefield = ImageIO.read(this.getClass().getResource("/images/drop.png"));
 } catch (IOException ex) {
     msg(" Error: drop and edit icon on Table, "+ex);
 }
 //count Items for loop executed..
 for(int i=0;i<count;i++)
 {
     //cnt++;
     //lblcount.setText("Count : "+cnt);
     JTextField txtcolnm=new JTextField("",20);
     JComboBox cmbtype=new JComboBox();
     JTextField txtcolsize=new JTextField("",20);

     JButton Drop_Table_Field = new JButton(new ImageIcon(Drop_Tablefield));

     cmbtype.addItem("INTEGER"); cmbtype.addItem("FLOAT");
     cmbtype.addItem("STRING");  cmbtype.addItem("BOOLEAN");

     colnamepanel.add(txtcolnm);   colnamepanel.add(cmbtype);
     colnamepanel.add(txtcolsize); colnamepanel.add(Drop_Table_Field);

     colnamepanel.setAutoscrolls(true);

     //refresh panel
     colnamepanel.revalidate();
     colnamepanel.repaint();

     //set the layout on Jpanel
     colnamepanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT,5,0));

 }

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