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A Color Combo Box Editor
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import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.ComboBoxEditor;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JColorChooser;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.event.EventListenerList;
class ColorComboBoxEditor implements ComboBoxEditor {
final protected JButton editor;
protected EventListenerList listenerList = new EventListenerList();
public ColorComboBoxEditor(Color initialColor) {
editor = new JButton("");
editor.setBackground(initialColor);
ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
Color currentBackground = editor.getBackground();
Color color = JColorChooser.showDialog(editor, "Color Chooser", currentBackground);
if ((color != null) && (currentBackground != color)) {
editor.setBackground(color);
fireActionEvent(color);
}
}
};
editor.addActionListener(actionListener);
}
public void addActionListener(ActionListener l) {
listenerList.add(ActionListener.class, l);
}
public Component getEditorComponent() {
return editor;
}
public Object getItem() {
return editor.getBackground();
}
public void removeActionListener(ActionListener l) {
listenerList.remove(ActionListener.class, l);
}
public void selectAll() {
// Ignore
}
public void setItem(Object newValue) {
if (newValue instanceof Color) {
Color color = (Color) newValue;
editor.setBackground(color);
} else {
try {
Color color = Color.decode(newValue.toString());
editor.setBackground(color);
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
}
}
}
protected void fireActionEvent(Color color) {
Object listeners[] = listenerList.getListenerList();
for (int i = listeners.length - 2; i >= 0; i -= 2) {
if (listeners[i] == ActionListener.class) {
ActionEvent actionEvent = new ActionEvent(editor, ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, color
.toString());
((ActionListener) listeners[i + 1]).actionPerformed(actionEvent);
}
}
}
}
public class ColorComboBoxEditorDemo {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Color colors[] = { Color.RED, Color.BLUE, Color.BLACK, Color.WHITE };
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Editable JComboBox");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
final JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(colors);
comboBox.setEditable(true);
comboBox.setEditor(new ColorComboBoxEditor(Color.RED));
frame.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.setSize(300, 200);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
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