Prob with event handling for Jcombox

[harsha]

Hi All,
I using a JComboBox , i perform a task in actionPerformed() , and i want this task to be performed if only there is a change in the selection of JComboBox .

I problem i face is ,actionPerform() gets triggered both when adding items to the JComboBox as well as when item selected is being changed.

Can somebody please tell me how can i make some task perform only if the selection of item is changed but not when when item is being added.


Thanx,
Harsha

[r035198x]

Don't add an ActionListener. Add an ItemListener instead. Read all about it in the API specs for those methods.

[harsha]

I used only ItemListener , but still itemStateChanged() is triggered even while adding item to the JcomboBox.


Regards,
Harsha

[r035198x]

Post your code then. The smallest (compilable and runnable) part that shows the problem.

[StormyWaters]

It sounds like to me you are adding the Listener before you are setting the items in the combo box.

The action event and the itemchangedevent are thrown whenever the selected item changes, and if there is nothing in the box when you add items, it will select the first item added and throw the events.