import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.text.*; public class S18NonStrictBackspace extends PlainDocument { JComboBox comboBox; ComboBoxModel model; JTextComponent editor; // flag to indicate if setSelectedItem has been called // subsequent calls to remove/insertString should be ignored boolean selecting=false; boolean hidePopupOnFocusLoss; boolean hitBackspace=false; boolean hitBackspaceOnSelection; boolean listContainsSelectedItem; public S18NonStrictBackspace(final JComboBox comboBox) { this.comboBox = comboBox; model = comboBox.getModel(); editor = (JTextComponent) comboBox.getEditor().getEditorComponent(); editor.setDocument(this); comboBox.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { if (!selecting) highlightCompletedText(0); } }); editor.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() { public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) { if (comboBox.isDisplayable()) comboBox.setPopupVisible(true); hitBackspace=false; switch (e.getKeyCode()) { // determine if the pressed key is backspace (needed by the remove method) case KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SPACE : hitBackspace=true; hitBackspaceOnSelection=editor.getSelectionStart()!=editor.getSelectionEnd(); break; } } }); // Bug 5100422 on Java 1.5: Editable JComboBox won't hide popup when tabbing out hidePopupOnFocusLoss=System.getProperty("java.version").startsWith("1.5"); // Highlight whole text when gaining focus editor.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() { public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) { highlightCompletedText(0); } public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) { // Workaround for Bug 5100422 - Hide Popup on focus loss if (hidePopupOnFocusLoss) comboBox.setPopupVisible(false); } }); // Handle initially selected object Object selected = comboBox.getSelectedItem(); if (selected!=null) setText(selected.toString()); highlightCompletedText(0); } public void remove(int offs, int len) throws BadLocationException { // return immediately when selecting an item if (selecting) return; if (hitBackspace) { if (listContainsSelectedItem) { // move the selection backwards // old item keeps being selected if (offs>0) { if (hitBackspaceOnSelection) offs--; } else { // User hit backspace with the cursor positioned on the start => beep comboBox.getToolkit().beep(); // when available use: UIManager.getLookAndFeel().provideErrorFeedback(comboBox); } highlightCompletedText(offs); return; } else { super.remove(offs, len); String currentText = getText(0, getLength()); // lookup if a matching item exists Object item = lookupItem(currentText); if (item != null) { System.out.println("'" + item + "' matches."); setSelectedItem(item); listContainsSelectedItem=true; } else { System.out.println("No match. Selecting '" + currentText + "'."); // no item matches => use the current input as selected item item=currentText; setSelectedItem(item); listContainsSelectedItem=false; } // display the completed string String itemString=item.toString(); setText(itemString); if (listContainsSelectedItem) highlightCompletedText(offs); } } else { super.remove(offs, len); setSelectedItem(getText(0, getLength())); listContainsSelectedItem=false; } } public void insertString(int offs, String str, AttributeSet a) throws BadLocationException { // return immediately when selecting an item if (selecting) return; // insert the string into the document super.insertString(offs, str, a); // lookup and select a matching item Object item = lookupItem(getText(0, getLength())); listContainsSelectedItem = true; if (item == null) { // no item matches => use the current input as selected item item=getText(0, getLength()); listContainsSelectedItem=false; } setSelectedItem(item); setText(item.toString()); // select the completed part if (listContainsSelectedItem) highlightCompletedText(offs+str.length()); } private void setText(String text) { try { // remove all text and insert the completed string super.remove(0, getLength()); super.insertString(0, text, null); } catch (BadLocationException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e.toString()); } } private void highlightCompletedText(int start) { editor.setCaretPosition(getLength()); editor.moveCaretPosition(start); } private void setSelectedItem(Object item) { selecting = true; model.setSelectedItem(item); selecting = false; } private Object lookupItem(String pattern) { Object selectedItem = model.getSelectedItem(); // only search for a different item if the currently selected does not match if (selectedItem != null && startsWithIgnoreCase(selectedItem.toString(), pattern) && listContainsSelectedItem) { return selectedItem; } else { // iterate over all items for (int i=0, n=model.getSize(); i < n; i++) { Object currentItem = model.getElementAt(i); // current item starts with the pattern? if (startsWithIgnoreCase(currentItem.toString(), pattern)) { return currentItem; } } } // no item starts with the pattern => return null return null; } // checks if str1 starts with str2 - ignores case private boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(String str1, String str2) { return str1.toUpperCase().startsWith(str2.toUpperCase()); } private static void createAndShowGUI() { // the combo box (add/modify items if you like to) JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(new Object[] {"Ester", "Jordi", "Jordina", "Jorge", "Sergi"}); // has to be editable comboBox.setEditable(true); // change the editor's document new S18NonStrictBackspace(comboBox); // create and show a window containing the combo box JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(3); frame.getContentPane().add(comboBox); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { createAndShowGUI(); } }); } }