Retrieve text from JComboBox

Question

How to retrieve Text that is typed in JComboBox. This text need not be an existing item.

Kurtz

Answer 1

You can get the selected or typed value from a JComboBox by calling method getSelectedItem. If it is not an existing item, then you'll get a String object. Otherwise you'll get whatever object you populated the combo box with.

Gabriellegabrielli

Answer 2

Simply use :

String value= comboBox.getSelectedItem().toString();

Other examples available here

Confirmatory

Answer 3

You can try the following

String typedText = ((JTextField)myComboBox.getEditor().getEditorComponent()).getText();

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