Using JRadioButton // Creating radio buttons using ButtonGroup and JRadioButton. import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; public class RadioButtonTest extends JFrame { private JTextField t; private Font plainFont, boldFont, italicFont, boldItalicFont; private JRadioButton plain, bold, italic, boldItalic; private ButtonGroup radioGroup; public RadioButtonTest() { super( "RadioButton Test" ); Container c = getContentPane(); c.setLayout( new FlowLayout() ); t = new JTextField( "Watch the font style change", 25 ); c.add( t ); // Create radio buttons plain = new JRadioButton( "Plain", true ); c.add( plain ); bold = new JRadioButton( "Bold", false); c.add( bold ); italic = new JRadioButton( "Italic", false ); c.add( italic ); boldItalic = new JRadioButton( "Bold/Italic", false ); c.add( boldItalic ); // register events RadioButtonHandler handler = new RadioButtonHandler(); plain.addItemListener( handler ); bold.addItemListener( handler ); italic.addItemListener( handler ); boldItalic.addItemListener( handler ); // create logical relationship between JRadioButtons radioGroup = new ButtonGroup(); radioGroup.add( plain ); radioGroup.add( bold ); radioGroup.add( italic ); radioGroup.add( boldItalic ); plainFont = new Font( "TimesRoman", Font.PLAIN, 14 ); boldFont = new Font( "TimesRoman", Font.BOLD, 14 ); italicFont = new Font( "TimesRoman", Font.ITALIC, 14 ); boldItalicFont = new Font( "TimesRoman", Font.BOLD + Font.ITALIC, 14 ); t.setFont( plainFont ); setSize( 300, 100 ); show(); } public static void main( String args[] ) { RadioButtonTest app = new RadioButtonTest(); app.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) { System.exit( 0 ); } } ); } private class RadioButtonHandler implements ItemListener { public void itemStateChanged( ItemEvent e ) { if ( e.getSource() == plain ) t.setFont( plainFont ); else if ( e.getSource() == bold ) t.setFont( boldFont ); else if ( e.getSource() == italic ) t.setFont( italicFont ); else if ( e.getSource() == boldItalic ) t.setFont( boldItalicFont ); t.repaint(); } } }