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Create a JList Component in Java
Posted on: April 14, 2007 at 12:00 AM
In this section, you will learn how to create a JList component of swing.

Create a JList Component in Java

     

In this section, you will learn how to create a JList component of swing. JList is a component of GUI. It provides the multiple items in a list and some times it shows the data in multiple columns in a list. Lists are used to select item from the item's group like combo box but the major difference between list and the combo box is that you can select only one item from the combo box since you can select more than one item at once from the list. You can easily add or remove items from or to the JList component of swing. The JList component has been shown in this article below:

Swing List component

This program provides a List. The given List has multiple subjects as items like: Math, Computer, Physics and Chemistry.

JList:
This is the class which is used to create a list which contains items. This class extends the JComponent class in java swing. There has been using string array values in this program.

Here is the code of program:

import javax.swing.*;

public class CreateJList{
  public static void main(String[] args) {
  String subject[] {"Math""Computer""Phisics""Chemestry"};
  JFrame frame = new JFrame("Creating a JList Component");
  JPanel panel = new JPanel();
  frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  JList list = new JList(subject);
  frame.setUndecorated(true);
  frame.getRootPane().setWindowDecorationStyle(JRootPane.PLAIN_DIALOG);
  panel.add(list);
  frame.add(panel);
  frame.setSize(400,400);
  frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

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