org.springframework.richclient.list
Class EditableComboBoxAutoCompletion

java.lang.Object
  java.awt.event.KeyAdapter
      org.springframework.richclient.list.EditableComboBoxAutoCompletion

All Implemented Interfaces:

KeyListener, EventListener

public class EditableComboBoxAutoCompletion
extends KeyAdapter

Provides auto-completion for an editable combobox. Based on public domain postings. Original author unknown. Also copied some code from ComboBoxAutoCompletion to deal with focus loss.

Author:

Larry Streepy

Constructor Summary

EditableComboBoxAutoCompletion(JComboBox comboBox)
Adds autocompletion support to the given combobox.

Method Summary

void	keyReleased(KeyEvent e) Handle a key release event.

Methods inherited from class java.awt.event.KeyAdapter

keyPressed, keyTyped

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EditableComboBoxAutoCompletion

public EditableComboBoxAutoCompletion(JComboBox comboBox)

Adds autocompletion support to the given combobox.

Parameters:

comboBox - the combobox to augment

Method Detail

keyReleased

public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e)

Handle a key release event. See if what they've type so far matches anything in the selectable items list. If so, then show the popup and select the item. If not, then hide the popup.

Specified by:

keyReleased in interface KeyListener

Overrides:

keyReleased in class KeyAdapter

Parameters:

e - key event