JCheckBox is a part of Java Swing package . JCheckBox can be selected or deselected . It displays it state to the user . JCheckBox is an implementation to checkbox . JCheckBox inherits JToggleButton class.
Constructor of the class are :
- JCheckBox() : creates a new checkbox with no text or icon
- JCheckBox(Icon i) : creates a new checkbox with the icon specified
- JCheckBox(Icon icon, boolean s) : creates a new checkbox with the icon specified and the boolean value specifies whether it is selected or not.
- JCheckBox(String t) :creates a new checkbox with the string specified
- JCheckBox(String text, boolean selected) :creates a new checkbox with the string specified and the boolean value specifies whether it is selected or not.
- JCheckBox(String text, Icon icon) :creates a new checkbox with the string and the icon specified.
- JCheckBox(String text, Icon icon, boolean selected): creates a new checkbox with the string and the icon specified and the boolean value specifies whether it is selected or not.
Methods to add Item Listener to checkbox.
- addActionListener(ItemListener l): adds item listener to the component
- itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) : abstract function invoked when the state of the item to which listener is applied changes
- getItem() : Returns the component-specific object associated with the item whose state changed
- getStateChange() : Returns the new state of the item. The ItemEvent class defines two states: SELECTED and DESELECTED.
- getSource() : Returns the component that fired the item event.
Commonly used methods:
- setIcon(Icon i) : sets the icon of the checkbox to the given icon
- setText(String s) :sets the text of the checkbox to the given text
- setSelected(boolean b) : sets the checkbox to selected if boolean value passed is true or vice versa
- getIcon() : returns the image of the checkbox
- getText() : returns the text of the checkbox
- updateUI() : resets the UI property with a value from the current look and feel.
- getUI() : returns the look and feel object that renders this component.
- paramString() : returns a string representation of this JCheckBox.
- getUIClassID() : returns the name of the Look and feel class that renders this component.
- getAccessibleContext() : gets the AccessibleContext associated with this JCheckBox.
- isBorderPaintedFlat() : gets the value of the borderPaintedFlat property.
- setBorderPaintedFlat(boolean b) : sets the borderPaintedFlat property,
The following programs will illustrate the use of JCheckBox
1. Program to create a simple checkbox using JCheckBox
// java Program to create a simple checkbox using JCheckBoximport java.awt.event.*;import java.awt.*;import javax.swing.*;class solve extends JFrame {      // frame    static JFrame f;      // main class    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // create a new frame        f = new JFrame("frame");          // set layout of frame        f.setLayout(new FlowLayout());          // create checkbox        JCheckBox c1 = new JCheckBox("checkbox 1");        JCheckBox c2 = new JCheckBox("checkbox 2");          // create a new panel        JPanel p = new JPanel();          // add checkbox to panel        p.add(c1);        p.add(c2);          // add panel to frame        f.add(p);          // set the size of frame        f.setSize(300, 300);          f.show();    }} |
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2. Program to create a checkbox with a icon .
// java Program to create a checkbox with a icon .import java.awt.event.*;import java.awt.*;import javax.swing.*;class solve extends JFrame {      // frame    static JFrame f;      // main class    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // create a new frame        f = new JFrame("frame");          // set layout of frame        f.setLayout(new FlowLayout());          // create checkbox        JCheckBox c1 = new JCheckBox("checkbox with image", new ImageIcon("f:/gfg.jpg"), true);        JCheckBox c2 = new JCheckBox("checkbox 2");          // create a new panel        JPanel p = new JPanel();          // add checkbox to panel        p.add(c1);        p.add(c2);          // add panel to frame        f.add(p);          // set the size of frame        f.setSize(300, 300);          f.show();    }} |
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3. Program to create a checkbox and ItemListener to it.
// java Program to create a checkbox and ItemListener to it.import java.awt.event.*;import java.awt.*;import javax.swing.*;class solve extends JFrame implements ItemListener {      // frame    static JFrame f;      // label    static JLabel l, l1;      // checkbox    static JCheckBox c1, c2;      // main class    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // create a new frame        f = new JFrame("frame");          // create a object        solve s = new solve();          // set layout of frame        f.setLayout(new FlowLayout());          // create checkbox        c1 = new JCheckBox("neveropen", new ImageIcon("f:/gfg.jpg"), false);        c2 = new JCheckBox("checkbox 2", false);          // add ItemListener        c1.addItemListener(s);        c2.addItemListener(s);          // create labels        l = new JLabel("neveropen not selected");        l1 = new JLabel("checkbox2 not selected");          // set color of text        l.setForeground(Color.red);        l1.setForeground(Color.blue);          // create a new panel        JPanel p = new JPanel();          // add checkbox to panel        p.add(c1);        p.add(c2);        p.add(l);        p.add(l1);          // add panel to frame        f.add(p);          // set the size of frame        f.setSize(600, 300);          f.show();    }    public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)    {        // if the state of checkbox1 is changed        if (e.getSource() == c1) {            if (e.getStateChange() == 1)                l.setText("neveropen selected");            else                l.setText("neveropen not selected");        }          // if the state of checkbox2 is changed        else {            if (e.getStateChange() == 1)                l1.setText("checkbox 2 selected");            else                l1.setText("checkbox 2 not selected");        }    }} |
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Note : the above programs might not run in a online compiler please use an offline IDE
