how to control a combo box by using another combo box swing

Question

I have two combo box the items first one is (women and men).I want when user select women in first combo box the list of women\'s dress will appear in second combo box and w

Answer 1

Check out how to work with models in How to Use Combo Boxes and How to Use Lists totorials. According to a selection in the first combo box - rebuild, filter or perhaps replace the model of the second combo box. You can use/extend DefaultComboBoxModel - a default model used by a JComboBox. For example consider this snippet:

final JComboBox genderComboBox = null;
final JComboBox itemComboBox = null;

final DefaultComboBoxModel hisModel = new DefaultComboBoxModel(new String[]{"a", "b", "c"});
final DefaultComboBoxModel herModel = new DefaultComboBoxModel(new String[]{"x", "y", "z"});

genderComboBox.addActionListener (new ActionListener () {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if ("Men".equals(genderComboBox.getSelectedItem())){
            itemComboBox.setModel(hisModel);    
        } else {
            itemComboBox.setModel(herModel);    
        }
    }
});

Alternatively, upon selection in the first combo you can rebuild the items in the second one manually, ie: using JComboBox methods removeAllItems() and addItem().