Create a autocompleting textbox in Java with a dropdown list
@syb0rg's answer is easier, as it uses an 3rd party library.
However I used an alternate approach:
It uses a custom class called AutoSuggestor which accepts a JTextField, its Window an ArrayList<String> of words to check typed words against, a background color and text color, and suggestion focus colour as well as an opacity value. By passing JTextField reference a DocumentListener is added which will do the work of checking what word is typed and whether to display suggestions or not and if so what suggestions to display. When a word is typed the DocumentListener will firewordTyped(String wordTyped) method with the current word being typed or (at least how much ever of the word has been typed), in wordTyped(..) the word will be checked against those in the AutoSuggestors classes dictionary which is a basic ArrayList of String this can be set on the fly as seen in the below example:
(For now you will have to use mouse and click the word you want to be auto completed, or use DOWN to transverse suggestions and the textfield and ENTER to select suggestion when traversing using down key. I have not yet implemented UP yet):
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.Window;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JWindow;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
/**
* @author David
*/
public class Test {
public Test() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JTextField f = new JTextField(10);
AutoSuggestor autoSuggestor = new AutoSuggestor(f, frame, null, Color.WHITE.brighter(), Color.BLUE, Color.RED, 0.75f) {
@Override
boolean wordTyped(String typedWord) {
//create list for dictionary this in your case might be done via calling a method which queries db and returns results as arraylist
ArrayList<String> words = new ArrayList<>();
words.add("hello");
words.add("heritage");
words.add("happiness");
words.add("goodbye");
words.add("cruel");
words.add("car");
words.add("war");
words.add("will");
words.add("world");
words.add("wall");
setDictionary(words);
//addToDictionary("bye");//adds a single word
return super.wordTyped(typedWord);//now call super to check for any matches against newest dictionary
}
};
JPanel p = new JPanel();
p.add(f);
frame.add(p);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
new Test();
}
});
}
}
class AutoSuggestor {
private final JTextField textField;
private final Window container;
private JPanel suggestionsPanel;
private JWindow autoSuggestionPopUpWindow;
private String typedWord;
private final ArrayList<String> dictionary = new ArrayList<>();
private int currentIndexOfSpace, tW, tH;
private DocumentListener documentListener = new DocumentListener() {
@Override
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent de) {
checkForAndShowSuggestions();
}
@Override
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent de) {
checkForAndShowSuggestions();
}
@Override
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent de) {
checkForAndShowSuggestions();
}
};
private final Color suggestionsTextColor;
private final Color suggestionFocusedColor;
public AutoSuggestor(JTextField textField, Window mainWindow, ArrayList<String> words, Color popUpBackground, Color textColor, Color suggestionFocusedColor, float opacity) {
this.textField = textField;
this.suggestionsTextColor = textColor;
this.container = mainWindow;
this.suggestionFocusedColor = suggestionFocusedColor;
this.textField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(documentListener);
setDictionary(words);
typedWord = "";
currentIndexOfSpace = 0;
tW = 0;
tH = 0;
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow = new JWindow(mainWindow);
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.setOpacity(opacity);
suggestionsPanel = new JPanel();
suggestionsPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 1));
suggestionsPanel.setBackground(popUpBackground);
addKeyBindingToRequestFocusInPopUpWindow();
}
private void addKeyBindingToRequestFocusInPopUpWindow() {
textField.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN, 0, true), "Down released");
textField.getActionMap().put("Down released", new AbstractAction() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {//focuses the first label on popwindow
for (int i = 0; i < suggestionsPanel.getComponentCount(); i++) {
if (suggestionsPanel.getComponent(i) instanceof SuggestionLabel) {
((SuggestionLabel) suggestionsPanel.getComponent(i)).setFocused(true);
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.toFront();
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.requestFocusInWindow();
suggestionsPanel.requestFocusInWindow();
suggestionsPanel.getComponent(i).requestFocusInWindow();
break;
}
}
}
});
suggestionsPanel.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN, 0, true), "Down released");
suggestionsPanel.getActionMap().put("Down released", new AbstractAction() {
int lastFocusableIndex = 0;
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {//allows scrolling of labels in pop window (I know very hacky for now :))
ArrayList<SuggestionLabel> sls = getAddedSuggestionLabels();
int max = sls.size();
if (max > 1) {//more than 1 suggestion
for (int i = 0; i < max; i++) {
SuggestionLabel sl = sls.get(i);
if (sl.isFocused()) {
if (lastFocusableIndex == max - 1) {
lastFocusableIndex = 0;
sl.setFocused(false);
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.setVisible(false);
setFocusToTextField();
checkForAndShowSuggestions();//fire method as if document listener change occured and fired it
} else {
sl.setFocused(false);
lastFocusableIndex = i;
}
} else if (lastFocusableIndex <= i) {
if (i < max) {
sl.setFocused(true);
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.toFront();
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.requestFocusInWindow();
suggestionsPanel.requestFocusInWindow();
suggestionsPanel.getComponent(i).requestFocusInWindow();
lastFocusableIndex = i;
break;
}
}
}
} else {//only a single suggestion was given
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.setVisible(false);
setFocusToTextField();
checkForAndShowSuggestions();//fire method as if document listener change occured and fired it
}
}
});
}
private void setFocusToTextField() {
container.toFront();
container.requestFocusInWindow();
textField.requestFocusInWindow();
}
public ArrayList<SuggestionLabel> getAddedSuggestionLabels() {
ArrayList<SuggestionLabel> sls = new ArrayList<>();
for (int i = 0; i < suggestionsPanel.getComponentCount(); i++) {
if (suggestionsPanel.getComponent(i) instanceof SuggestionLabel) {
SuggestionLabel sl = (SuggestionLabel) suggestionsPanel.getComponent(i);
sls.add(sl);
}
}
return sls;
}
private void checkForAndShowSuggestions() {
typedWord = getCurrentlyTypedWord();
suggestionsPanel.removeAll();//remove previos words/jlabels that were added
//used to calcualte size of JWindow as new Jlabels are added
tW = 0;
tH = 0;
boolean added = wordTyped(typedWord);
if (!added) {
if (autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.isVisible()) {
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.setVisible(false);
}
} else {
showPopUpWindow();
setFocusToTextField();
}
}
protected void addWordToSuggestions(String word) {
SuggestionLabel suggestionLabel = new SuggestionLabel(word, suggestionFocusedColor, suggestionsTextColor, this);
calculatePopUpWindowSize(suggestionLabel);
suggestionsPanel.add(suggestionLabel);
}
public String getCurrentlyTypedWord() {//get newest word after last white spaceif any or the first word if no white spaces
String text = textField.getText();
String wordBeingTyped = "";
if (text.contains(" ")) {
int tmp = text.lastIndexOf(" ");
if (tmp >= currentIndexOfSpace) {
currentIndexOfSpace = tmp;
wordBeingTyped = text.substring(text.lastIndexOf(" "));
}
} else {
wordBeingTyped = text;
}
return wordBeingTyped.trim();
}
private void calculatePopUpWindowSize(JLabel label) {
//so we can size the JWindow correctly
if (tW < label.getPreferredSize().width) {
tW = label.getPreferredSize().width;
}
tH += label.getPreferredSize().height;
}
private void showPopUpWindow() {
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.getContentPane().add(suggestionsPanel);
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(textField.getWidth(), 30));
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.setSize(tW, tH);
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.setVisible(true);
int windowX = 0;
int windowY = 0;
windowX = container.getX() + textField.getX() + 5;
if (suggestionsPanel.getHeight() > autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.getMinimumSize().height) {
windowY = container.getY() + textField.getY() + textField.getHeight() + autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.getMinimumSize().height;
} else {
windowY = container.getY() + textField.getY() + textField.getHeight() + autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.getHeight();
}
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.setLocation(windowX, windowY);
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(textField.getWidth(), 30));
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.revalidate();
autoSuggestionPopUpWindow.repaint();
}
public void setDictionary(ArrayList<String> words) {
dictionary.clear();
if (words == null) {
return;//so we can call constructor with null value for dictionary without exception thrown
}
for (String word : words) {
dictionary.add(word);
}
}
public JWindow getAutoSuggestionPopUpWindow() {
return autoSuggestionPopUpWindow;
}
public Window getContainer() {
return container;
}
public JTextField getTextField() {
return textField;
}
public void addToDictionary(String word) {
dictionary.add(word);
}
boolean wordTyped(String typedWord) {
if (typedWord.isEmpty()) {
return false;
}
//System.out.println("Typed word: " + typedWord);
boolean suggestionAdded = false;
for (String word : dictionary) {//get words in the dictionary which we added
boolean fullymatches = true;
for (int i = 0; i < typedWord.length(); i++) {//each string in the word
if (!typedWord.toLowerCase().startsWith(String.valueOf(word.toLowerCase().charAt(i)), i)) {//check for match
fullymatches = false;
break;
}
}
if (fullymatches) {
addWordToSuggestions(word);
suggestionAdded = true;
}
}
return suggestionAdded;
}
}
class SuggestionLabel extends JLabel {
private boolean focused = false;
private final JWindow autoSuggestionsPopUpWindow;
private final JTextField textField;
private final AutoSuggestor autoSuggestor;
private Color suggestionsTextColor, suggestionBorderColor;
public SuggestionLabel(String string, final Color borderColor, Color suggestionsTextColor, AutoSuggestor autoSuggestor) {
super(string);
this.suggestionsTextColor = suggestionsTextColor;
this.autoSuggestor = autoSuggestor;
this.textField = autoSuggestor.getTextField();
this.suggestionBorderColor = borderColor;
this.autoSuggestionsPopUpWindow = autoSuggestor.getAutoSuggestionPopUpWindow();
initComponent();
}
private void initComponent() {
setFocusable(true);
setForeground(suggestionsTextColor);
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
@Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
super.mouseClicked(me);
replaceWithSuggestedText();
autoSuggestionsPopUpWindow.setVisible(false);
}
});
getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0, true), "Enter released");
getActionMap().put("Enter released", new AbstractAction() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
replaceWithSuggestedText();
autoSuggestionsPopUpWindow.setVisible(false);
}
});
}
public void setFocused(boolean focused) {
if (focused) {
setBorder(new LineBorder(suggestionBorderColor));
} else {
setBorder(null);
}
repaint();
this.focused = focused;
}
public boolean isFocused() {
return focused;
}
private void replaceWithSuggestedText() {
String suggestedWord = getText();
String text = textField.getText();
String typedWord = autoSuggestor.getCurrentlyTypedWord();
String t = text.substring(0, text.lastIndexOf(typedWord));
String tmp = t + text.substring(text.lastIndexOf(typedWord)).replace(typedWord, suggestedWord);
textField.setText(tmp + " ");
}
}
As it stands the only possible needed additions IMO is:
- UP key Focus traversablity for items within the popup autosuggestions box so we can go in a upward direction.
If there are any kinks lemme know I'll see what I can do. But Seems to be running fine (touch wood).
Auto complete textbox in Java Swing
Here's an example on autocompletion without a drop down selection. It will only autocomplete for you when a unique match is found. The completion is auto inserted into the text field and selected. Kind of similar as to how Safari's address field works.
The solution could be expanded to provide a list of options, however that was not part of my requirements when doing this.
UPDATE
I lost the domain with the original code. It can now be accessed on github: https://github.com/sasjo/autocomplete
HTML Dropdown v/s autocomplete textbox
I think use of autocomplete text box is more beneficial than dropdown.
In case of dropdown, data is loaded at once so it get delayed.
In this case only one request is made to database.
In case of autocomplete text box,data will load in exactly required text box.
So loading time for jsp reduces sharply.
(a) For autocomplete text box,there is no need of using any kind of plugin, as one can manage it easily.
(b) Use simple json format for providing input to text box using ajax.
(c) Define condition on text box for firing ajax request for showing text like..
want to get text after typing 3 characters etc...
Creating a Autocomplete search form in javafx
What you're trying to do has already been implemented, and is included in ControlsFx. It's open source, and I think it would suit you need. It looks some what like this
You can even add custom nodes to it, so that cross can be done too.
AutoComplete ComboBox in JavaFX
I found a solution that's working for me:
public class AutoCompleteComboBoxListener<T> implements EventHandler<KeyEvent> {
private ComboBox comboBox;
private StringBuilder sb;
private ObservableList<T> data;
private boolean moveCaretToPos = false;
private int caretPos;
public AutoCompleteComboBoxListener(final ComboBox comboBox) {
this.comboBox = comboBox;
sb = new StringBuilder();
data = comboBox.getItems();
this.comboBox.setEditable(true);
this.comboBox.setOnKeyPressed(new EventHandler<KeyEvent>() {
@Override
public void handle(KeyEvent t) {
comboBox.hide();
}
});
this.comboBox.setOnKeyReleased(AutoCompleteComboBoxListener.this);
}
@Override
public void handle(KeyEvent event) {
if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.UP) {
caretPos = -1;
moveCaret(comboBox.getEditor().getText().length());
return;
} else if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.DOWN) {
if(!comboBox.isShowing()) {
comboBox.show();
}
caretPos = -1;
moveCaret(comboBox.getEditor().getText().length());
return;
} else if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.BACK_SPACE) {
moveCaretToPos = true;
caretPos = comboBox.getEditor().getCaretPosition();
} else if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.DELETE) {
moveCaretToPos = true;
caretPos = comboBox.getEditor().getCaretPosition();
}
if (event.getCode() == KeyCode.RIGHT || event.getCode() == KeyCode.LEFT
|| event.isControlDown() || event.getCode() == KeyCode.HOME
|| event.getCode() == KeyCode.END || event.getCode() == KeyCode.TAB) {
return;
}
ObservableList list = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
for (int i=0; i<data.size(); i++) {
if(data.get(i).toString().toLowerCase().startsWith(
AutoCompleteComboBoxListener.this.comboBox
.getEditor().getText().toLowerCase())) {
list.add(data.get(i));
}
}
String t = comboBox.getEditor().getText();
comboBox.setItems(list);
comboBox.getEditor().setText(t);
if(!moveCaretToPos) {
caretPos = -1;
}
moveCaret(t.length());
if(!list.isEmpty()) {
comboBox.show();
}
}
private void moveCaret(int textLength) {
if(caretPos == -1) {
comboBox.getEditor().positionCaret(textLength);
} else {
comboBox.getEditor().positionCaret(caretPos);
}
moveCaretToPos = false;
}
}
You can call it with
new AutoCompleteComboBoxListener<>(comboBox);
It's based on this and I customized it to fit my needs.
Feel free to use it and if anybody can improve it, tell me.
Autocomplete text-box first option selection
To select the first option from the autocomplete text box, you need to use elementToBeClickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
cssSelector:driver.get("http://demoqa.com/autocomplete/");
new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("input.ui-autocomplete-input#tags"))).sendKeys("b");
new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("ul.ui-autocomplete>li>div"))).click();xpath:driver.get("http://demoqa.com/autocomplete/");
new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//input[@class='ui-autocomplete-input' and @id='tags']"))).sendKeys("b");
new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//ul[@class='ui-menu ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-autocomplete ui-front']/li/div"))).click();
Drop Down Menu/Text Field in one
Option 1
Include the script from dhtmlgoodies and initialize like this:
<input type="text" name="myText" value="Norway"
selectBoxOptions="Canada;Denmark;Finland;Germany;Mexico">
createEditableSelect(document.forms[0].myText);
Option 2
Here's a custom solution which combines a <select> element and <input> element, styles them, and toggles back and forth via JavaScript
<div style="position:relative;width:200px;height:25px;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;">
<select style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;width:200px; height:25px;line-height:20px;margin:0;padding:0;"
onchange="document.getElementById('displayValue').value=this.options[this.selectedIndex].text; document.getElementById('idValue').value=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;">
<option></option>
<option value="one">one</option>
<option value="two">two</option>
<option value="three">three</option>
</select>
<input type="text" name="displayValue" id="displayValue"
placeholder="add/select a value" onfocus="this.select()"
style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;width:183px;width:180px\9;#width:180px;height:23px; height:21px\9;#height:18px;border:1px solid #556;" >
<input name="idValue" id="idValue" type="hidden">
</div>
Autocomplete Textbox in JSP with Using an Array or List
From your update ,
You should have a model class and do a explicit conversion to send the json object. either using gson library or you can go with the existing method by sending the list .
For a beginner i would advise to learn from the nice example here
Hope this helps !!
How to select a text from the autocomplete textbox using selenium
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String textToSelect = "headlines today";
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in/");
Thread.sleep(2000);
WebElement autoOptions= driver.findElement(By.id("lst-ib"));
autoOptions.sendKeys("he");
List<WebElement> optionsToSelect = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//div[@class='sbqs_c']"));
for(WebElement option : optionsToSelect){
System.out.println(option);
if(option.getText().equals(textToSelect)) {
System.out.println("Trying to select: "+textToSelect);
option.click();
break;
}
}
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