Combo Boxes

• If combo box is editable, user can type own selection
  • Use setEditable method
• Add strings with addItem method:

  JComboBox facenameCombo = new JComboBox();
  facenameCombo.addItem("Serif");
  facenameCombo.addItem("SansSerif");
  . . .

• Get user selection with getSelectedItem (return type is Object)
  

  String selectedString
        = (String) facenameCombo.getSelectedItem();

• Select an item with setSelectedItem