Copy items from one JList to another JList import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class MultipleSelection extends JFrame { private JList colorList, copyList; private JButton copy; private String colorNames[] = { "Black", "Blue", "Cyan", "Dark Gray", "Gray", "Green", "Light Gray", "Magenta", "Orange", "Pink", "Red", "White", "Yellow" }; public MultipleSelection() { super( "Multiple Selection Lists" ); Container c = getContentPane(); c.setLayout( new FlowLayout() ); colorList = new JList( colorNames ); colorList.setVisibleRowCount( 5 ); colorList.setFixedCellHeight( 15 ); colorList.setSelectionMode( ListSelectionModel.MULTIPLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION ); c.add( new JScrollPane( colorList ) ); // create copy button copy = new JButton( "Copy >>>" ); copy.addActionListener( new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e ) { // place selected values in copyList copyList.setListData( colorList.getSelectedValues() ); } }); c.add( copy ); copyList = new JList( ); copyList.setVisibleRowCount( 5 ); copyList.setFixedCellWidth( 100 ); copyList.setFixedCellHeight( 15 ); copyList.setSelectionMode( ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION ); c.add( new JScrollPane( copyList ) ); setSize( 300, 120 ); show(); } public static void main( String args[] ) { MultipleSelection app = new MultipleSelection(); app.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) { System.exit( 0 ); } } ); } }