Java™ How to Program, Seventh Edition

11.12. Multiple-Selection Lists

A multiple-selection list enables the user to select many items from a JList (see the output of Fig. 11.26). A SINGLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION list allows selecting a contiguous range of items. To do so, click the first item, then press and hold the Shift key while clicking the last item in the range. A MULTIPLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION list allows continuous range selection as described for a SINGLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION list. Such a list allows miscellaneous items to be selected by pressing and holding theCtrl key (sometimes called the Control key) while clicking each item to select. To deselect an item, press and hold the Ctrl key while clicking the item a second time.

The application of Figs. 11.25–11.26 uses multiple-selection ...