Java swing: implementing my Comboboxmodel for JComboBox

Question

I need my combo box to have short names of organizations. The problem is i can see organizations names in dropdown list, but cant actually

Answer 1

I suspect it's that your setSelectedItem() method compares objects using == rather than .equals()

Consider using a DefaultComboBoxModel which already implements useful methods.

Edit: Also according to the Docs you should be calling all registered ListDataListener objects when setSelected is called.

Using a DefaultComboBoxModel is fairly straightforward. You create a new DefaultComboBoxModel add the elements you want it to contain then call getSelectedItem() to retrieve the element that is currently selected.