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Why are my JComboBoxes automatically populating with only one element?

Posted by Jessica S on June 14, 2001 at 2:45 PM

I am trying to build a program that builds combo boxes based on a selection from
another combo box located above it. When the user selects a word from the
box and next box down should populate with all the corresponding options. However,
all three of my combo boxes are being populated with only one option because the filling
of the boxes is triggering an action event. Any way to get around not populating all
combo boxes, just the next one in line? The filling of the combo
box is automatically triggering an action event or a item listner event.
Help!