How to Create a Dropdown using Java

Swing – Create a Dropdown using Java

In this example, We will show you simple program to Create a Dropdown using Java. The example program snippet has been tested and shared with the output.

Sample Program

package com.dineshkrish;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
/**
* 
* @author Dinesh Krishnan
*
*/
public class DropdownExample extends JFrame {
private JComboBox<String> comboBox;
public DropdownExample(String title) {
// setting JFrame properties
super.setTitle(title);
super.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
super.setSize(500, 100);
super.setVisible(true);
super.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
init();
}
private void init() {
comboBox = new JComboBox<String>();
// setting the items to combo-box
comboBox.addItem("One");
comboBox.addItem("Two");
comboBox.addItem("Three");
comboBox.addItem("Four");
comboBox.addItem("Five");
this.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.NORTH);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new DropdownExample("Dropdown Example");
}
}

Output

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