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Combobox solution please

I have a combobox to which i am adding values, for example

JComboBox jb = new JComboBox();
jb.addItem("first");
jb.addItem("second");

when i view that in the applet the firstitem is "first" and when i drag the menu therealso the first item is "first" idont want that i wanna one similar to menu since we cant put a menu ina applet i am going for combobox how shall i get rid of the first element i tried with setSelectedIndex too it is showing the nth item specified i dont want that too the first item to be displayed and when i drag i dont need that first item again, how shall i go it. Please help me to solve this error. Please....

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Srini

heyhey_

you CAN put a menu inside Swing JApplet.

take a look at SwingSet example applet.

sgoms

To take a leaf out of the example,
U can simply add a JMenuBar to a JPanel.
Here is an example..
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
//import javax.swing.border.*;

public class InternalMenu extends JFrame{
InternalMenu(){
              setSize(400,300);
                        setTitle("Set Focus");
              JLabel lbl=new JLabel("This frame has got the menu on a panel");
                        getContentPane().add(lbl,BorderLayout.NORTH);
                        getContentPane().add(new menuPanel(),BorderLayout.CENTER);
                        addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){
                          public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e){
                                      dispose();
                                    }
                        });
            }
            class menuPanel extends JPanel{
                        menuPanel(){
                                    JMenuBar menubar=new JMenuBar();
                                    JMenu menu=new JMenu("Item 1");
                                    menu.add(new JMenuItem("Item 2"));
                                    menu.add(new JMenuItem("Item 3"));
                                    menu.add(new JMenuItem("Item 4"));
                                    menu.add(new JMenuItem("Item 5"));
                                    menubar.add(menu);
                                    add(menubar);
                        }
            }
            public static void main(String args[]){
              ( new InternalMenu()).setVisible(true);
            }
}

BillyAbbott

if you want to remove an item from a combo use the removeItem(object) or removeItemAt(index) methods.

is that what you are trying to do?

use JApplet if you can though, it's much easier, and combos make bad looking menus.

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