Autocompletion - how to detect item NOT in list.

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I'm using AutoCompletionComboBox to allow user to select an item from an established list of String objects.

I can attach an ActionListener to the AutoCompletionComboBox which then notifies when an item is selected - good.

I also need to detect events when the String entered in the AutoCompletionComboBox is NOT in the established list of String objects. Is this possible? If so, how?

David

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Not quite sure what you mean but AutoCompletionComboBox is pretty much self contained. You shouldn't need to do it anything. It will automatically filter the list based on what user typed.

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I'll try to explain a little better..

My AutoCompletionComboBox is initialized with a list of part numbers: "AAA", "AAB", "AAC".... "ZZZ".

The AutoCompletionComboBox is not Strict so the user is free to type a code not in the initial list: e.g.: "WXy123" In this case, I want to capture the text "WXy123" and preform some other action with this as a parameter.

How do I capture the text "WXy123"?

The normal call to AutoCompletionComboBox#getSelectedItem(); returns the closest match from the original initial list and NOT "WXy123".

Maybe the attached screenshot will help.

Regards, David

[JIDE Support]

If you want to detect what user typed in the text field, you will have to use textField.getDocument().addDocumentListener.