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Nick H - 05 Feb 2004 17:45 GMT

Hello,
I've got a Swing window, and I want something to happen when I press
F2. The closest I can find is getting something to happen when a
particular Component has the focus, but I want it to happen just as long
as the window has focus. I've looked around but I can't find anything
that explains it.

Thanks

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Andrew Thompson - 05 Feb 2004 17:52 GMT

> Hello,
> I've got a Swing window, ...

Did you also have a question?

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Tor Iver Wilhelmsen - 05 Feb 2004 19:06 GMT

> I've got a Swing window, and I want something to happen when I
> press F2. The closest I can find is getting something to happen when a
> particular Component has the focus, but I want it to happen just as long
> as the window has focus. I've looked around but I can't find anything
> that explains it.

Use WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW. If that doesn't mean anything to you you
need to read the docs more.

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Nick H - 06 Feb 2004 12:32 GMT

>> I've got a Swing window, and I want something to happen when I
>>press F2. The closest I can find is getting something to happen when a
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> Use WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW. If that doesn't mean anything to you you
> need to read the docs more.

...i need to read the docs...

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Nick H - 06 Feb 2004 12:48 GMT

>>> I've got a Swing window, and I want something to happen when I
>>> press F2. The closest I can find is getting something to happen when a
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>
> ...i need to read the docs...

I looked it up, and the registerKeyboardAction that uses it is now
obsolete. I'll use getActionMap() and getInputMap() instead... maybe you
should read the docs more!

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Thomas Fritsch - 06 Feb 2004 13:24 GMT

>>> I've got a Swing window, and I want something to happen when I
>>> press F2. The closest I can find is getting something to happen when a
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>
> ...i need to read the docs...

Start reading the docs for the methods JComponent#registerKeyboardAction,
continue for the docs of related methods/classes as needed, and put the
bricks together...

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