Interface JComboBox.KeySelectionManager

Enclosing class:

JComboBox<E>

public static interface JComboBox.KeySelectionManager

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.

Methods

selectionForKey

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.