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Java Forum / GUI / December 2003Change focus with TAB key in JTextArea
In my JTextAreas, I want the TAB key to behave as it does with JTextFields, i.e., change the focus to the next component, and not enter a tab into the text. I've done a thorough Googling and every solution I've found fails to work in Sun's JDK 1.4.2 on Linux. What's the current favoured method of doing this? John > In my JTextAreas, I want the TAB key to behave as it does with > JTextFields, i.e., change the focus to the next component, and not > enter a tab into the text. I've done a thorough Googling and every > solution I've found fails to work in Sun's JDK 1.4.2 on Linux. What's > the current favoured method of doing this? I don't know. Maybe you should subclass JTextArea, override processKeyEvent and transferFocus() if keyEvent is VK_TAB otherwise call super.processKeyEvent ? Adam >Maybe you should subclass JTextArea, override processKeyEvent >and transferFocus() if keyEvent is VK_TAB >otherwise call super.processKeyEvent ? This works pretty well, it seems. Thanks! John > In my JTextAreas, I want the TAB key to behave as it does with > JTextFields, i.e., change the focus to the next component, and not > enter a tab into the text. I've done a thorough Googling and every > solution I've found fails to work in Sun's JDK 1.4.2 on Linux. What's > the current favoured method of doing this? ctrl^tab ..in both Windows and Metal L&F's -- Andrew Thompson * http://www.PhySci.org/ PhySci software suite * http://www.1point1C.org/ 1.1C - Superluminal! * http://www.AThompson.info/andrew/ personal site > > In my JTextAreas, I want the TAB key to behave as it does with .... > > .....fails to work in Sun's JDK 1.4.2 on Linux. What's > > the current favoured method of doing this? > > ctrl^tab ..in both Windows and Metal L&F's Sorry, of course that is windows, when you are using Linux! (shrugs) Give it a try.. >> ctrl^tab ..in both Windows and Metal L&F's > >Sorry, of course that is windows, when you >are using Linux! (shrugs) Give it a try.. Well, actually what I want is to get Tab to behave the same as for other fields, rather than what to use instead. It beats me why this is so tricky, and why the solution for 1.3 broke in 1.4. John >In my JTextAreas, I want the TAB key to behave as it does with >JTextFields, i.e., change the focus to the next component, and not [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >John Keyboard focus traversal underwent a major change in v1.4.0, as described in this article: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/doc-files/FocusSpec.html To get TAB (and Shift-TAB) to function as focus traversal keys, you have to use the setFocusTraversalKeys(int, java.util.Set) method of java.awt.Container. Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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