It is possible! Here is a small program that I wrote to show my solution:
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.ScrollPaneConstants;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboBoxEditor;
public class TestComboScroll {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Scroll inside Combo");
JComboBox combobox = new JComboBox();
combobox.addItem("");
combobox.addItem("Item1");
combobox.addItem("Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2 Item2");
combobox.addItem("Item3");
combobox.setEditor(new MyEditor());
combobox.setEditable(true);
combobox.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 50));
frame.add(combobox);
frame.pack();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
static class MyEditor extends BasicComboBoxEditor{
JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane();
public MyEditor(){
super();
scroller.setViewportView(editor);
scroller.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
}
@Override
public Component getEditorComponent() {
return scroller;
}
@Override
protected JTextField createEditorComponent() {
JTextField editor = new JTextField();
editor.setBorder(null);
return editor;
}
}
}
ComboBoxEditor , JTextField ( BasicComboBoxEditor).
getEditorComponent() , .
, combobox.setEditor(new MyEditor()), , , .
, , combobox:

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