Evaluating Checkbox Boolean Value

java swing awt jcheckbox
j.gardner117 picture j.gardner117 · May 30, 2012 · Viewed 62.7k times · Source

I'm sure this is a rediculously easy question, but I just can't find the answer to it anywhere. I have a JCheckbox that I need to evaluate the boolean value of, and then change the value with an if statement. The problem is I just can't find the syntax anywhere for evaluating the contents of a JCheckbox, let alone changing it. This will probably be really easy one, but I just can't seem to find anything helpful. Thanks!

Answer

dshapiro picture dshapiro · May 30, 2012

This SO thread sort of answers your question. If your JCheckBox is named "Foo", you would check its value with

Foo.isSelected()

To set its value, you would use

Foo.setSelected(true)

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