Re: How to update JComboBox without Selected Item being changed

From:
"=?iso-8859-1?q?J=FCrgen_Gerstacker?=" <ffm1234@gmx.de>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
15 Dec 2006 05:07:42 -0800
Message-ID:
<1166188062.133638.202400@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com>
wesley.hall@gmail.com schrieb:

You could remove the listeners before updating the ComboBox, then restore them
after the update is complete:


In any case, I dont think it will solve the OPs problem. Calling
'removeAllItems' will result in the selected item being lost.


I know this issue, I restore the selected item after updating the
contents.

setup_cbport.setSelectedItem(port); // previously selected item

After all, the modification of the combobox is not a bad idea.

Vector<String> set=new Vector<String>();
while (...) {
  // collect items from the OS
   set.add(pId.getName());
}

// delete items from the box
Vector<String> set2=new Vector<String>();
int i=0; while (i<setup_cbport.getItemCount()) {
  String itm=(String)setup_cbport.getItemAt(i);
  if (!set.contains(itm)) setup_cbport.removeItemAt(i);
  else {set2.add(itm); i++;}
}

// add new items
Iterator it = set.iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
  Object itm=it.next();
  if (!set2.contains(itm)) setup_cbport.addItem(itm);
}

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