import java.awt.Choice; ... Choice flavour = new Choice(); // adding possible choices flavour.add( "strawberry" ); flavour.add( "chocolate" ); flavour.add( "vanilla" ); // setting the selection flavour.select( 0 ); flavour.select( "strawberry" ); // detecting the selection String choice = flavour.getSelectedItem(); int which = flavour.getSelectedIndex();