If you have a JComboBox that is editable so that the editor value is not in the model, Java 1.4 appears to prevent you from leaving the JComboBox. Previously we have been in the habit of having the "value" in the comboBox blank when the JFrame is displayed. The user could click our exit button if they changed their mind and didn't want to fill in the data. (Or they could go to some other field and edit it first.) Under 1.4 this doesn't work. When you click the exit button the cursor disapears then reappears in the comboBox and the JFrame remains. (The Windows close box does still let you close).
What are we missing here? What do we need to do to use the editable JComboBox to get the behavior we used to get? To change your membership options, refer to: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
