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Introduce the AComboBox component
May 9,2008
Overview
The AComboBox is a drop down component in JComponentPack product, it’s different with the “JComboBox” component in the core Java swing package, it can set the popup icon, popup component, etc.Main Features
1. Customize the popup icon
The AComboBox component have the method “setPopupIcon(Icon)”, you can change the popup icon for your requirements, see the screenshot:
2. Customize the popup component
The AComboBox component have the method “setPopupComponent(Component), you can set the component will be display in the drop down menu.
3. Customize the component factory, this is a new feature since JComponentPack 1.1.0, You can configure the popup icon, popup component based the current value’s type, the method “setComponentFactory(AbstractComponentFactory)” in AComboBox can be used for this goal.
AComboBox currently provide a default AbstractComponentFactory, it can configure the Date value to use the calendar popup icon and JCalendar component, see the article “JCalendar new features in JComponentPack 1.1.0” for details.
Sample Code
Configure the AComboBox component to use the Date value
AComboBox comboBox = new AComboBox();
comboBox.setValue(new Date());
// configure the date format
DateCellRenderer renderer = (DateCellRenderer) comboBox.getRenderer();
renderer.setFormat(DateFormat.getDateInstance());