Java Glossary : Choice

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Choice

a pulldown menu not part of the top menu bar, typically used to select between options rather than to invoke a command. A Choice component displays all the possible options when clicked. You can select only one of them. In AWT you use a Choice or java.awt. List. In Swing you use a JComboBox or JList.

import java.awt.Choice;
...
Choice flavour = new Choice();

// adding possible choices
flavour.add( "strawberry" );
flavour.add( "chocolate" );
flavour.add( "vanilla" );

// setting the selection
flavour.select( 0 );
flavour.select( "strawberry" );

// detecting the selection
String choice = flavour.getSelectedItem();
int which = flavour.getSelectedIndex();

documentation on Choice : available:

on the web at java.Sun.com
on J: in the JDK 1.4.2_04: J:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\docs\api\java\awt\Choice.html
on J: in the JDK 1.5 beta: J:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk1.5.0\docs\api\java\awt\Choice.html

AWT ¤ combo ¤ JComboBox ¤ JList ¤ List ¤ Swing

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