Is it possible to get location of selected element in JList? I would like to get it to place JFrame just below clicked option.
You'll want to use JList#getCellBounds
int selectedIndex = list.getSelectedIndex();
Rectangle bounds = list.getCellBounds(selectedIndex, selectedIndex);
This will give you the location of the selected item within context to the JList
, you'll need to translate this to screen space...
Point p = bounds.getLocation();
SwingUtilities.convertPointToScreen(p, list);
You may also want to take a look at The Use of Multiple JFrames: Good or Bad Practice?
For example...
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
public class List {
/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
new List();
}
public List() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
final JFrame selected = new JFrame("Selected");
selected.add(new JLabel("Here I am"));
selected.pack();
DefaultListModel model = new DefaultListModel();
for (int index = 0; index < 1000; index++) {
model.addElement("#" + index);
}
final JList list = new JList(model);
list.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener() {
@Override
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
int index = list.getSelectedIndex();
Rectangle bounds = list.getCellBounds(index, index);
Point p = bounds.getLocation();
p.y += bounds.height;
SwingUtilities.convertPointToScreen(p, list);
p.x -= selected.getWidth();
selected.setLocation(p);
selected.setVisible(true);
}
});
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new JScrollPane(list));
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}