combo box in table column renderer

I've looked extensively on this forum and found a couple topics that should answer my question, but in each one of them, the same link appears and that link is dead.

What I'm trying to do is have a table column renderer with a JLabel as the title and a combo box. I've already made the renderer using a JPanel that I can pretty much add anything to. My problem is that it looks perfect, but nothing happens when I click the combo box, i.e. I can't interact with it; it's basically just a picture.

I also have a few special conditions for this combo box.

1. I have an array of strings that changes constantly. Everytime I click the "down" arrow of the combo box, I want the combo box to have the strings that were in that array when I click it.

Is there some kind of listener for that drop down button? Ideally, I would put the following pseudocode in the actionListener for that drop down button:

- clear the combo box

- add each string in the array to the combo box

2. The combo box itself has to be editable, like a textbox. I want the box itself to be completely independent from the drop down button. For example, When I click one of the elements from the list, I do NOT want the actual combo box to populate with that item.

It would be nice if I could have a textbox and a drop down button next to each other, that physically looks like a combo box and acts like a combo box (i.e. with a drop down menu with the width of the two), yet the two are completely separate from one another.

Instead, I want a special action to happen every time I select one of the items. Let's say it's to System.out.println(selectedItem). Is there a selection listener for the

Sorry for the long winded post, I just wanted to explain myself as clearly as possible. I'll be glad to make any further clarifications and

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[1921 byte] By [xliua] at [2007-10-3 3:38:52]