Choice field: spin box

Use a spin box for items that BlackBerry device users can select from an ordered list.

Class

TextSpinBoxField

Supported since

BlackBerry Java SDK 5.0

More information

For more information about spin boxes, see the UI Guidelines.

Example

import net.rim.device.api.ui.UiApplication;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.MainScreen;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.SpinBoxFieldManager;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.Dialog;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.TextSpinBoxField;

public class SpinBoxDemo extends UiApplication 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        SpinBoxDemo theApp = new SpinBoxDemo();
        theApp.enterEventDispatcher();
    }
        
    public SpinBoxDemo()
    {
        pushScreen(new SpinBoxDemoScreen());
    }
}

class SpinBoxDemoScreen extends MainScreen
{
    TextSpinBoxField spinBoxDays;
    TextSpinBoxField spinBoxMonths;
    SpinBoxFieldManager spinBoxMgr;
     
    public SpinBoxDemoScreen()
    {
        setTitle("Spin Box Demo");
        final String[] DAYS   = 
           {"Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday"};
        final String[] MONTHS = {"January","February","March","April","May","June","July",
                                 "August","September","October","November","December"};
         
        spinBoxMgr = new SpinBoxFieldManager();
        spinBoxMgr.setVisibleRows(3);

        spinBoxDays   = new TextSpinBoxField(DAYS);
        spinBoxMonths = new TextSpinBoxField(MONTHS);
            
        spinBoxMgr.add(spinBoxDays);
        spinBoxMgr.add(spinBoxMonths);
        add(spinBoxMgr);
    }
   
    public void close()
    {
        Dialog.alert("You selected " + 
           (String)spinBoxDays.get(spinBoxDays.getSelectedIndex()) + 
           " and " + (String)spinBoxMonths.get(spinBoxMonths.getSelectedIndex()));
        super.close();
    }
}