Java Text listener

What would activate getting the total?

If moving away from the field, then see

http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.awt.event/FocusEvents.html

I was thinking some kind of listener might activate but I am not sure. All I know is that I wanted it to update a JLabel like a checkbox or a radio button does

I have found some code that use a textListener and TextEvent  recorded  the event everytime something was entered but I don't exactly know how to get that to a variable and add it to total and the label.

How would it know when to stop listening and start acting?

will this work with combo boxes  and radio boxes in the project as well.

A FocusListener will, yes

> will this work with combo boxes  and radio boxes in the project as well.

no use an ActionListener for those

label.setText(Integer.toString(total + value));
will this portion work with a double

You need

label.setText(Double.toString(total + value)); 

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> label.setText(Integer.toString(total + value));

depends, do you want it displayed as a double or as an integer
if you want to display it as a double then see here for how to convert it to a string

http://helpdesk.objects.com.au/java/how-to-format-a-double-as-a-string

let me know if you need any help

nbham29, could  you post for the benefit of future visitors, how you used a DocumentListener?