A ListCellRenderer takes care of rendering the combobox items. Class
BasicComboBoxRenderer (the default implementation of the
ListCellRenderer interface) extends JLabel. For right alignment, you
could try the following code

<untested>

JComboBox yourComboBox = new JComboBox();

ListCellRenderer itemRenderer = yourComboBox.getRenderer();

if (itemRenderer instanceof JLabel) {
   JLabel itemRendererLabel = (JLabel)itemRenderer;
   itemRendererLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.RIGHT);
}

</untested>

Regards,

Roland

This is what I could think of.
    cb.setRenderer(new MyCellRenderer());
.....
    class MyCellRenderer extends JLabel implements ListCellRenderer {
        Color bg;
        public MyCellRenderer() {
           super("", JLabel.RIGHT );
            setOpaque(true);
            bg = this.getBackground();
        }
        public Component getListCellRendererComponent(
            JList list,
            Object value,
            int index,
            boolean isSelected,
            boolean cellHasFocus)
        {
            setText(value.toString());
            setBackground(isSelected ? Color.YELLOW : bg );
            return this;
        }
    }
Color handling could be improved.
Anyone know an easier/shorter way ?
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