Retrieve text from JComboBox

Question

How to retrieve Text that is typed in JComboBox. This text need not be an existing item.

Answer 1

You can get the selected or typed value from a JComboBox by calling method getSelectedItem. If it is not an existing item, then you'll get a String object. Otherwise you'll get whatever object you populated the combo box with.

Answer 2

Simply use :

String value= comboBox.getSelectedItem().toString();

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