public static interface

JComboBox.KeySelectionManager

javax.swing.JComboBox.KeySelectionManager

Class Overview

The interface that defines a KeySelectionManager. To qualify as a KeySelectionManager, the class needs to implement the method that identifies the list index given a character and the combo box data model.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract int selectionForKey(char aKey, ComboBoxModel aModel)
Given aKey and the model, returns the row that should become selected.

Public Methods

public abstract int selectionForKey (char aKey, ComboBoxModel aModel)

Given aKey and the model, returns the row that should become selected. Return -1 if no match was found.

Parameters
aKey a char value, usually indicating a keyboard key that was pressed
aModel a ComboBoxModel -- the component's data model, containing the list of selectable items
Returns
  • an int equal to the selected row, where 0 is the first item and -1 is none.